The NHL’s version of Christmas morning has arrived! It’s time for the free agent frenzy to begin. All day, we will be keeping track of all of the latest signings or trades, and give analysis on each of the transactions. Be sure to keep checking back here all day. Happy Free Agent Frenzy Day (and…
With the offseason lurking just around the corner, there has been, and will continue to be, tons of speculation as to which players might be on the move, and where they might go. Top 5 Possible Destinations will be a feature that runs from now until the NHL Draft, where the transactions are set to begin. On…
With the offseason lurking just around the corner, there has been, and will continue to be, tons of speculation as to which players might be on the move, and where they might go. Top 5 Possible Destinations will be a feature that runs from now until the NHL Draft, where the transactions are set to begin. On…
After an in-person meeting with the NHL Player Safety division, Minnesota Forward Matt Cooke was suspended for the Wild’s next seven games. The physical winger drew the hearing for his knee-on-knee-hit that injured Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie’s left knee in Monday’s playoff game, which also was Cooke’s 100th career playoff game. Barrie is unavailable for…
According to playoff seedings in the Western Conference, the 7th seed Minnesota Wild are underdogs against the 2nd seed Colorado Avalanche when the series gets underway tonight in Denver. The Wild take on a Colorado team that produced the NHL’s third-best record and is chock full of top-end offensive skill in addition to a Vezina-quality goaltender in…
It was announced today that Colorado Avalanche legend Milan Hejduk has announced his retirement. After not being re-signed by Colorado last summer, Hejduk had not been to find work in the NHL since then. The 38-year old Czech forward spent 14 seasons in the NHL, all with the Avalanche, and was a member of their…
Today it was announced that the Avalanche and Flyers agreed to a trade that sends forward Steve Downie back to Philadelphia in exchange for forward Maxime Talbot. At first glance, it seems like the Flyers got the better half of this deal. At age 26, Downie is just approaching the prime of his career and…
The NHL Department of Player Safety has been pretty busy recently, and that didn’t change today. Brendan Shanahan, the Head of the Department of Player Safety, revealed two new rulings today, for Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McLeod and New York Islanders forward Michael Grabner. The first ruling, given to Cody McLeod, saw the tough guy…
Last night, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Anaheim Ducks in their season opener in a 6-1 blowout. Today, however, people aren’t talking about what happened in the game, but what happened after it. In the dying seconds of the third period, Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy sent out tough guys Patrick Bordeleau and Cody McLeod,…
It was announced today that the Colorado Avalanche have signed team captain Gabriel Landeskog to a seven-year contract extension reportedly worth $39 million. The contract will go into effect after this season, when Landeskog plays out the final year of his entry level contract. This is a great signing for the rebuilding Avalanche, as the…
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