Avalanche all-star Mikko Rantanen was evaluated Tuesday but there was no update given on the seriousness of the lower-body injury sustained in the match at St. Louis Monday night. The team is expected to supply more info on Wednesday. Related Articles Avs podcast: Mikko Rantanen’s leg injury, Altitude TV dispute and much more Avalanche star
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Star center Nathan MacKinnon will be a game-time choice Friday as soon as the Avalanche plays the Florida Panthers. MacKinnon endured a deep bruise on his leg/hip at Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh and didn’t take part in Friday’s morning skate. “His leg’s sore. He got struck there the other night
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PITTSBURGH — The Avalanche’s Russians each will act as a scratch in Wednesday’s nationwide televised game against Pittsburgh. Forward Valeri Nichushkin along with defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who both have played all five games for both 5-0 Colorado, will see the game in matches with countryman Vladislav Kamenev, the young developing forward who has yet to
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Nazem Kadri obtained multigame suspensions during the previous two NHL postseasons for major penalties that the league described as “with his rod for a weapon” and causing an opponent’s head to “dangerously impact the planks. ” The frequent denominator: Both incidents happened contrary to the Boston Bruins. It all adds up to a very anticipated
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Fourth-year Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar no more admits his starting goaltender the afternoon before a match, but on Friday he stated there is a “excellent possibility” Pavel Francouz is likely to make his first career NHL start Saturday when Colorado sponsor the Arizona Coyotes to finish a four-game homestand. Clear-cut No. 1 goalie Philipp Grubauer
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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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Tyson Barrie dubbed it the biggest game of the year. Teammate Mikko Rantanen concurred. And said the Avalanche’s power play in Thursday’s Game 4 against the San Jose Sharks will play a big role if Colorado is to tie the Western Conference series 2-2. “We must have our best game of the year tonight, by
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Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog is nearing his franchise’s biggest moment in a decade, just two successive wins shy of a berth in the Western Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with zero room for error. Game 6 against the Sharks on Monday night inside Pepsi Center, trailing the series 3-2, helps decide whether the
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