No team has ever hit on 100% of their picks at the NHL Draft. It just doesn’t happen. You can hire the best scouts in the world who know exactly what to look for and what players fit the mold of your team, but there’s still a lot of luck involved when you’re trying to project how 17 and 18 year olds will develop down the line.
The Colorado Avalanche will soon have a new Director of Amateur Scouting. Wade Klippenstein, who has been with the organization since 2016 and was promoted to Director of Amateur Scouting back in 2021, is leaving on July 1 and joining Notre Dame Hounds Hockey as their Director of Hockey Development.
The 2024 NHL Entry Draft will be held this year at The Sphere in Las Vegas on June 28-29, and the Colorado Avalanche have the 24th overall pick. The draft is full of surprises, and who will be available at that pick is unknown.
The NHL Entry Draft will be held at The Sphere in Las Vegas on June 28-29, and the Colorado Avalanche have the 24th overall pick. The draft is full of surprises, and who will be available at that pick is unknown.
We see it every single year. When the Stanley Cup Final rolls around, it’s not always the superstars that play the role of hero, but rather the role players throughout the lineups that get the job done.
While the 2024 Stanley Cup Final is in full swing, the Colorado Avalanche continue to prepare for the offseason. The Avalanche have nine notable pending free agents in need of a new contract this summer (six forwards and three defensemen) headlined by a top-six forward in playmaking winger Jonathan Drouin.
Are we moving closer and closer to the point where there might not be an NHL Draft anymore? No, I don’t think we’ll ever get to that point, but it sure does sound like there might be some changes to the draft as we know it when the CBA is up in 2026.
For many years, commissioner Gary Bettman’s pre-Stanley Cup Final press conference often involved questions about the league’s lack of participation in best-on-best international hockey.
The NHL has officially set the salary cap for the 2024-25 season, and good news – it’s actually going to be higher than they originally anticipated. Okay, not by much, but every little bit helps when you’re a team that expects to be right up against the salary cap.
Something in the $4.5M-$5M range could be achievable, especially if several teams believe he’s back on track now coming off the year he had.
There are plenty of stories out there about the strange questions NHL Draft prospects get asked at the combine. “What do you want said about you at your
A couple of the forward possibilities for the Washington Capitals in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft are Berkly Catton of the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League and Michael Hage of the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League.
The Colorado Avalanche traded for defenseman Sean Walker at the NHL Trade Deadline. It came at a steep cost as Colorado gave up their first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
If you’re one of many who wants the Colorado Avalanche to re-sign Jonathan Drouin, the words of his agent on Friday have to make you feel pretty good about the odds of a deal getting done.
Cale Makar wrapped up another fantastic season in 2023-24 – earning a nod as a Norris Trophy finalist for the third season in a row. Those seasons are becoming one of the most reliable things going for the Colorado Avalanche.
It’s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We’re nearing the end of the 2023-24 season, but preparations for the 2024-25 campaign are well underway.
The Avalanche have two of the NHL’s most elite players leading the team in superstar center Nathan MacKinnon and dominant defenseman Cale Makar. But perhaps the most intriguing piece of their core is team captain Gabriel Landeskog.
San Jose, coming off a last-place 19 wins and 47 points, allowed the most goals in the league last season.
Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now: Don’t expect the Colorado Avalanche to make any big free agent splashes this offseason. They could re-sign pending UFA Jonathan Drouin.
It was just a few weeks ago that Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin was placed in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Assitance Program. As a result, Nichushkin has been suspended without pay for a minimum of six months.
The Colorado Avalanche had a respectable run in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yet, their hopes ended early with a second-round 4-2 series loss to the Dallas Stars.
The Colorado Avalanche have a few free agents this summer on the back-end, be it unrestricted or restricted that will more than likely leave for better contracts.
It’s rare to see two former top-10 picks traded before the age of 26, much less in a one-for-one swap, and with such major implications. In this move, the Sabres fought to find Rasmus Dahlin’s dynamic partner of the future, while the Avalanche hoped to solidify their top-six.
In a press conference alongside GM Chris McFarland today, Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog confirmed that he is not going to retire from the NHL, but instead will look to get back into a spot where he can return again in the future.
We have a close-out game in New York and basically a must-win game in Colorado headlining tonight's playoff NHL action. We're drawn to the home teams leading the scoring charge this evening.
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