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25 under 23 players from NA to take on World cup
General manager Gallant has finally announced the final roster for the under 23 team. Goaltenders John Gibson - Winnipeg Jets Connor Hellebyuck - Nashville Predators Matthew Murray* - Toronto Maple Leafs Defenseman Aaron Ekblad - Arizona Coyotes Douggie Hamilton - Minnesota Wild Morgan Rielly -…
Draft grades up
League average was a C, find out why you did better or worse than average. ;t=3295 A+ - Colorado, Islanders A - Anaheim, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose A- - Vancouver B+ - New Jersey, Toronto B - Buffalo, Detroit, Los Angeles B- - Calgary, Carolina…
Top 3 of thirty a lock, the rest a mess.
Gm Gallant has finished his final mock of the regular season with the draft just 6 weeks away. This time the top 60 picks have been guessed at, in this post you will see the top 30 but you can go here to see…
Lottery positions Avalanche in a spot for sucess
While the Avs didn't walk away with the first overall pick in the 2016 SHL draft they have walked away with two top five picks, five top twenty picks and nine top fifty picks. Avalanche Gm Gallant has been in the rinks a lot this…
Avalanche expecting impact for prospect graduations
The Colorado Avalanche will be graduating five current prospects to their pro roster next year, likely all five will play time in Colorado but there's a chance some only play for the farm team. Sam Reinhart Acquired: 3rd overall 2014 Stats: 79GP 23G 19A 26…
Avalanche post career year.
With the Avs (26-46-9-0) set to close out there regular season against Nashvile (34-39-8-1) tonight they will have beat a team record for most points with 61 passing previous high 52 and their abysmal year last year where they posted a western conference low 38. The team…
Initial 16 announced for NA young guns
Youngsters will have a lot more ice time at the upcoming world championships with the addition of an under 23 north American roster. The GM of the rebuilding Avalanche got the call to be general manager and after contacting 16 roster players in the league…
Moves Avalanche make at deadline won’t be franchise altering
Colorado has slowly built there core with Forsberg, Reinhart, Rakell, Namestnikov all as forwards capable of playing the pivot and wing however their is still building needing to be done especially on the back end. With only a few days till the 2016 trade deadline…
Where are they now
A look at the dispersal players selected by the expansion Avalanche. 1. Jake Allen G WPG Jake remains with the team and is the teams expected starting goalie for the upcoming season with the addition of Viktor Fasth for the back up role. 2. Taylor…
Colorado preparing for the draft
Gm Gallant is preparing for his third entry draft behind the helm of the Colorado Avalanche. The team enters the draft with three first round picks, nine picks in the top 100 and a total of 19 selections; the team has the most selections in…