Avalanche’s Tyson Jost enters NHL restart with confidence: “I want to be in the lineup”

Avalanche ahead Tyson Jost will restart the NHL season in Edmonton just a brief drive. However, his family was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ll be about 15 minutes down the road from them, but I won’t see them for two and a half a year,” Jost said. “That’will be bizarre. It s bothersome. …
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5 questions about Avalanche training camp 2.0

The Avalanche, like each of the 24 teams in the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs, can officially open training camp Monday. Colorado will do so in a fan-free bubble environment at the Pepsi Center and players will be tested daily for COVID-19. Here are five questions about the Avs as they prepare for their third consecutive
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Avs Mailbag: Who will benefit most from time off before NHL playoffs?

Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to questions in the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season.  Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. As we approach the possibility of continuing the NHL season, I’d love to see some analysis of which teams benefited the most from this extended
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Avs Mailbag: Colorado continues to build from prospects, injured players getting healthy, NHL season update and more

Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to queries in the Avs Mailbag every week throughout the season.  Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for its Avs Mailbag. When the NHL resumes, how would the Loveland Express be up and running? In other words would be the Eagles be playing so players can have ice
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Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen to miss “weeks” with upper-body injury suffered in overtime loss to Lightning

The Avalanche injury difficulty is snowballing. Forward Mikko Rantanen endured an apparent shoulder injury Monday night in Colorado’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Lightning and is predicted to miss “months,” coach Jared Bednar informed reporters. It led from a tripping punishment in the second stage on Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak, sending Rantanen crashing into
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Avs get Nazem Kadri back, but rookie Cale Makar still unavailable

Second-line center Nazem Kadri will Come from a three-game injury Shortage Wednesday night when the Avalanche, minus Colin Wilson, hosts the Philadelphia Flyers with a Complete complement of Forward. “We’re healthy up front for the first time in quite a very long time,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said after a morning skate at the Pepsi
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Minus Cale Makar, the Avalanche loses 5-4 in OT to the Calgary Flames

Life with No Cale Makar was a Tumultuous experience for the Avalanche on Monday night. Playing without its precious rookie defenseman for first time this year, along with also the very first time in 40 games dating to last year’s Gravity, Colorado gave up too many goals and didn’t score sufficient at a 5-4 overtime
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Avalanche uses big third period to defeat Oilers and snap two-game skid

This was an offensive explosion, sans of the group ’s most explosive players. The Avalanche, tied 1-1 after two periods Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, erupted for 50 shots and three goals inside a 2:32 period of the next period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and snap a losing series. Colorado outshot the
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Avalanche’s rally falls short against Maple Leafs

Nathan MacKinnon appeared more aggravated than disappointed Saturday night following the Avalanche’s comeback fell short from the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, who survived a late onslaught by the Avs and won 5-3 following scoring an empty-net aim with a second remaining at the Pepsi Center. The Leafs were healthy, sans Mitch Marner. The Avs were
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Avs Mailbag: Would Cale Makar be better as a forward than a defenseman for Colorado?

Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers reacts to queries at the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season.  Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related query for the Avs Mailbag. OK. Has it been discussed that the Avs have the league’s WORST practice facility? The ownership has money that is infinite and we’re talking peanuts
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