As we prepare for the 2026-27 NHL season, eyes will be on the Colorado Avalanche as they try to bounce back after a campaign that saw them win the Presidents’ Trophy, but were swept in the third round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Vegas Golden Knights. Jared Bednar is entering his 11th season as Avalanche head coach. While he’s recorded four 50-win seasons as the Avs’ bench boss, they have hoisted the Stanley Cup just once, back in 2022. With one year left on his contract, some are wonder...
In 10 seasons with the Colorado Avalanche, Jared Bednar has four 50-win campaigns, including a Presidents’ Trophy-winning 2025-26 season.
It is an annual tradition here at Mile High Hockey to anticipate and predict which players could make their NHL debut while playing for the Colorado Avalanche in the coming season. The possibilities run the gamut from a young prospect to a minor league journeymen with a few surprises sprinkled in between. Either way, witnessing […]
The Colorado Avalanche have designated their emergency backup goalie for the upcoming season. The Red Wings don’t have a GM […]
The post Deen’s Daily: Avs New EBUG; Red Wings GM Update; Habs’ Top Trade Pieces appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
Taylor Chorney has his first major gig since retiring from professional hockey in 2021. The former Washington Capitals defenseman was hired by the Colorado Avalanche to serve on the team’s player development staff. Chorney will be a player development coach and amateur scout, joining Brian Willsie (director of player development) and Craig Billington (director of
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After capturing the Cup in 2022, the Avalanche have suffered a run of brutally disappointing postseason exits.
The Colorado Avalanche added former NHL veteran defenseman Taylor Chorney to their player development staff. Chorney joins a department led […]
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The Colorado Avalanche have their emergency backup goalie for the 2026-27 season. Will Slohm, the Avalanche’s assistant strength and conditioning […]
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The Colorado Avalanche are less than two weeks away from opening training camp, and the first official on-ice event of […]
The post Avalanche Mailbag: Training Camp Is Around The Corner — Ask Me Anything! appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
The Colorado Avalanche open rookie camp on Friday. Which rookies are worth following heading into this weekend’s rookie tournament? Also, […]
The post Deen’s Daily: Intriguing Avalanche Rookies; Remaining UFAs Still on the Market appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
Last season, the Pittsburgh Penguins finished third overall in the NHL with 293 goals for as a team, trailing second place Carolina Hurricanes by just three and first place Colorado Avalanche by nine. While the Avalanche had Nathan MacKinnon posting a league leading 53 goals along with Martin Necas and Brock Nelson topping the 30 […]
The Colorado Avalanche rookies will take the ice Friday morning at Family Sports Center for the first official team-led skate […]
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With training camps around the NHL starting in less than two weeks, four of the most notable remaining unrestricted free […]
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On July 16th in 1965, Claude Percy Lemieux was born in Buckingham, Quebec. Best known for his postseason success and dirty play, Lemieux suited up for six teams (MTL, NJD, COL, PHO, DAL, SJS) terrorizing NHL opponents for 21 seasons.
Taken 26th in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft the feisty winger fetched four Stanley Cup wins (1986, 1995, 1996, 2000) and a Conn Smythe (1995) becoming 1 of 9 to hoist
This summer has been huge for player salaries and a rapidly rising cap hit for some of the best in […]
The post Deen’s Daily: Player Prices Keep Rising; How Much Will Edvinsson Get?; Fox Eligible For Extension in 2 Summers appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
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With Cale Makar’s contract settled, the Avalanche are locked into building around Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas.
The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Seven writers have ranked players under the age of 25 in the Colorado Avalanche organization as of September 1, 2026. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked. Over five weeks of counting down the Colorado Avalanche affiliated top 25 players under […]
The Colorado Avalanche’s rookie camp roster was released. The Athletic released its top 150 prospects, and the Avs are nowhere […]
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This might be the most unsurprising story of the summer. The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler recently released his top-150 young players […]
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T.J. Hughes and Ilya Nabokov are among the most prominent names on the Colorado Avalanche’s rookie camp roster that was […]
The post T.J Hughes, Ilya Nabokov Highlight Avalanche’s 2026 Rookie Camp Roster appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
The Colorado Avalanche released their roster for the Rookie Faceoff next week taking place in San Jose, California.
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The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Seven writers have ranked players under the age of 25 in the Colorado Avalanche organization as of September 1, 2026. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked. We have finally arrived at the #1 Colorado Avalanche prospect under 25 years […]
The Colorado Avalanche are less than a month away from opening night and only a week away from the first […]
The post Deen’s Daily: We’re Just a Week Away; An Update on Lehkonen’s Extension Talks appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
Cale Makar’s blockbuster extension should indicate that Quinn Hughes’ deal is coming soon. But it will not make it cheap: Hughes controls nearly every meaningful lever in these negotiations, and Makar just gave his camp the clearest possible benchmark.
Colorado’s eight-year, $163.2 million ext...