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Kiszla: Avs are the team Joe built. So would it be wrong to blame Sakic for a hockey team that stinks?

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This is the team that Joe constructed. And that team stinks. For a full two months, our local NHL squad was a rip-roaring disaster downhill that is directly, like a stinking Avalanche. “Oh, here it comes,” Joe Sakic said Tuesday, as I ready to ask why a team that stood tall next to Nashville beneath
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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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Five things to know as the Avalanche play at cellar-dwelling Los Angeles on Wednesday night

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Fresh off a comeback victory over the Ducks in overtime on Sunday, the Avalanche keep their road trip with a showdown against the Kings on Wednesday. Here are 5 things to learn heading to the game at the Staples Center: Momentum to Los Angeles.  Colorado’s dramatic 4-3 overtime triumph over Anaheim marked the 1,000th victory
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