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A Duke’s Gotta Do What A Duke’s Gotta Do
This is not your mother’s Colorado Avalanche. It isn’t even the Colorado Avalanche of your youth, or the one from last season. Things are changing, and it is a bit of a shock to the system. – Finally fired the coach? Yep. – Skipped the top rated draft pick that plays a position of great…
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Who to Take? Avs Might Bypass Jones
Let’s be honest. The Avalanche have less depth right now than Russell Crowe playing Javert in the Les Miserable movie. Yes, I went there. There have been a few defensive call-ups from the farm system. I’m not as impressed with Elliott as some were when he was called up, but he got better as the…
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Roy-tever
I’ve been asked a few times if I’m excited over the prospect of Patrick Roy becoming the new head coach of the Avalanche. No. Patrick Roy might be a great coach for the Avalanche. He may turn the team around, if he is hired. And he might not. The proof should be in his record,…
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What Bugs Me About the Ryan O’Reilly Situation: No One Is Spared Edition
The Ryan O’Reilly situation is coming to a head in Colorado. Reports, and I use that term as loosely as possible, are that the Avalanche are looking to get some value from him in a trade, and negotiations have broken off. One side wants one thing, and the other wants two different things, take your…
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O’Reilly and Waivers?
I was just reading Elliotte Friedman’s as-usual excellent 30 Thoughts column, and ran across this: 14. Another ESPN slave, Craig Custance, reported some teams had interest in Brent Sopel, playing for Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Teams are definitely looking for defencemen. Problem with Sopel is that, according to the NHL, any player who dressed for a game…