LAS VEGAS – J.T. Compher will play wing with center Nathan MacKinnon and left wing Gabe Landeskog in even-strength Friday afternoon against the Vegas Golden Knights. Compher replaces Mikko Rantanen, who’s diagnosed with a lower-body injury. “I enjoy the way our traces played on that road trip and we all had a success this past
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Despite its exciting young group of volatile offensive-minded defensemen and also a need of a elite second-line center, the Avalanche may pick the best defenseman accessible with its No. 4 pick in the first version of the June 21 NHL draft. In his yearly pre-draft conference call Thursday, Avs director of amateur wrestling Alan Hepple
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Another Foote could find his way back into your Pepsi Center, and if nothing else, Nolan Foote appears destined to play in the NHL building where his father’s jersey is now retired. Draft-eligible Nolan is the cutest of celebrated Av Adam Foote’two sons, however distinct than his dad and older brother, Cal Foote — that
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Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic held a season-ending news conference Tuesday, less than a week after his team lost Game 7 of a Western Conference semifinal playoff series to the San Jose Sharks. Sakic — Star center Nathan MacKinnon will not require shoulder surgery after suffering the injury early in Game 7. “Just rest,” Sakic
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In an expected elimination game for the Avalanche on Monday night, a trusted and respected player who helped the team advance will return to the lineup. Defenseman Patrik Nemeth, who played in 74 of 82 regular-season games and the whole first-round playoff series against Calgary, will make his Western Conference semifinal series debut in Game
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The NHL schooling of Cale Makar is six games deep and the Avalanche rookie defenseman is learning his first big lesson of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. To sum up it in one word: Physicality. “You’ve got to be ready to be hit at all times,” Makar said. And, in return, you must be capable of
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Dude, hey. This hairy, 4-2 decrease the Avalanche endured against San Jose in the NHL playoffs reminded me of something a wiser fella than myself said in “The Big Lebowski. ” Sometimes you eat the bear. And occasionally Logan Couture, well, he eats you. Too often on Tuesday night, the Avs were “adorable ” and
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The tide turned for the Sharks. Both teams hit an extraordinary number of goalposts and crossbars Tuesday night, but the San Jose Sharks had two more pucks hit on the back of the net in defeating the Avalanche 4-2 in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche
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Feed the crowd off. The Avalanche has won its last eight games at the Pepsi Center, finishing 6-0 in the regular season and going 2-0 in Round 1 against the Calgary Flames. The Avs will play in front of a boisterous, sellout crowd, and the more they feed off the energy, the better they’ll playwith.
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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar made the contrast, and even when he’s right, he has to be kidding. But hear him out. 1. The top defensive set for the Sharks: Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns. 2. The top defensive set for the Avalanche: Sam Girard and Cale Makar. “If you look at the change in the
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