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Philipp Grubauer in net as Avalanche hosts the similarly struggling Columbus Blue Jackets

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The Avalanche will seem to goalie Philipp Grubauer on Tuesday night to help stop a three-game losing streak in home. Colorado is currently 3-11-2 in its last 16 games but confronts a Columbus team that is also struggling. Columbus (28-20-3, 59 points) is on a five-game slide. The Avs (22-21-8, 52 points) are finishing a
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What’s wrong with the Avalanche? Joe Sakic says it’s not coaching. “We can turn this thing around”

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Less than 15 minutes later meeting with reporters Tuesday night in the Pepsi Center, Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic witnessed a prime example of why his team entered its game against the Columbus Blue Jackets having won an NHL-low five games since Dec. 7. Exercising from the puck — the term for playing defense in
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Analysis: At this rate, the Avalanche will become a trade-deadline seller

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Nearly three weeks prior to the Feb. 25 NHL trade deadline, the Avalanche is inching towards becoming a vendor and adding on for its glorious 2019 draft portfolio. Colorado’s goaltending has been below average, the group ’s defensive lapses continue together with frequency and trainer Jared Bednar says he’s tried every ahead blend from the
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Why playing with Nathan MacKinnon is both a pleasure and a burden

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The Avalanche will follow along with its strategy to find secondary scoring by dividing up what is believed the NHL’s dangerous line in Saturday’s “Hockey Night in Canada” match against Vancouver in the Pepsi Center. For forward Alex Kerfoot, being promoted to the Nathan MacKinnon-centered line is both exciting and painful. “Pleasure to perform him
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Avalanche draft pick Cale Makar could be just months away from beginning his NHL career … in the playoffs

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In late March or even mid-April, Avalanche top-prospect Cale Makar is bound to sign his NHL entry contract to conclude his career that was leading at the University of Massachusetts. The question is, will Colorado’s 2017 first-round draft pick (fourth overall) produce his NHL debut in the regular season or playoffs? That is, the Avs,
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Landeskog, Rantanen come up big in NHL All-Star tournament

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Avalanche teammates Mikko Rantanen along with Gabe Landeskog combined for eight goals and five assists in their two games in Saturday night’s NHL All-Star championship game. But it was Sidney Crosby who was the MVP with four assists in 2 games on precisely exactly the identical ice in which he won
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Avalanche All-Star trio: MacKinnon, Landeskog and Rantanen share rare connection

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The lights went dark before the puck drop from the Avalanche’s ultimate match prior to the All-Star break. Three players standing near the house bench were saw by A spotlight. A crowd roared as the trio waved and smiled. A hockey toast to background made from the Mile High City. The Avs’ top line of
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Women’s star Coyne Schofield shines at NHL All-Star weekend in Nathan MacKinnon’s place

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Connor McDavid won the fastest skater competition once more however Kendall Coyne Schofield gained over the crowd. The U.S. women’s hockey star became the first woman ever to compete in the NHL All-Star skills contest on Friday night, rushing round the racket in some time competitive with the top skaters in
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Crews take center stage in rare Pepsi Center doubleheader

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DENVER — It was a rare sight at Pepsi Center on Saturday, 1 manager of transformation Matt Mennona calls “coordinated chaos at its finest. ” For the first time in 13 years, the Avalanche and Nuggets played home games on the same day.  That meant the Pepsi Center conversion crew needed to flip the ground from ice to hardwood
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Avalanche rolls over Kings with dominant 7-1 victory

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Colorado spent the past two weeks trudging through a disastrous road trip.  Perhaps the Avalanche were nostalgic. Because one shot of sold outside Pepsi Center energy burst Saturday afternoon into the group ’s dominant performance this season. The Avalanche defeated the Kings 7-1 to tie some season-high for goals scored.  The win gives Colorado (22-18-8)
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