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THW's Avalanche news for 01/14/2021

The latest Avalanche stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

01/14/2021 edition:

By William Fitzpatrick on Jan 14, 2021 09:45 am

The Colorado Avalanche are entering the 2020-21 NHL season as the seventh-youngest team in the NHL, with an average age of 26.77 years old. The roster is loaded with young talent, including 22-year-old defensemen Cale Makar and Sam Girard, 24-year-old forward Mikko Rantanen, and a 25-year-old superstar in Nathan MacKinnon. While these players have been […]

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By Avery McGrail on Jan 13, 2021 08:55 pm

Sports fans would not be sports fans without their expectations. Whether they are high, low or middling, expectations abound on social media, the local bar or suburban home. With the 2020-21 NHL season starting, fans, writers and even the organizations themselves and setting the bar for how they believe teams and players should perform. The […]

By John Kreiser on Jan 13, 2021 12:45 pm

The Tampa Bay Lightning will have history on their side Wednesday. The Lightning open defense of their Stanley Cup championship when they host the Chicago Blackhawks at Amalie Arena in one of five games on opening night in the NHL. The Lightning comes into the game with the best season-opening points percentage in NHL history: […]

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By Kerry Collins on Jan 13, 2021 12:05 pm

Sometimes, you have to make your own luck. The Colorado Avalanche notoriously won a Stanley Cup in their first year after shifting to Denver from the Quebec Nordiques. The Avalanche won their second championship just five seasons later. While Colorado was tremendously fortunate to inherit a team on the cusp of something great, there were […]

By Ben Rossi on Jan 12, 2021 11:05 am

As the shortened NHL season gets underway on Wednesday with realigned divisions, the world of hockey will have their eyes on the highly anticipated Colorado Avalanche offensive attack led by the 25-year-old centerman Nathan MacKinnon. Along with McKinnon, the Avs have a devastating front six on their offensive attack that includes wingers Mikko Rantanen, Andre […]

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By Avery McGrail on Jan 11, 2021 03:25 pm

Right now, the Colorado Avalanche are focused on the 2020-21 season. But just around the corner lies a different sort of obstacle: the Seattle Kraken’s expansion draft. The highly-anticipated event will take place on July 21, potentially a month after the Stanley Cup is awarded, and each team (except the Vegas Golden Knights) will have […]

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