Last year, the Colorado Avalanche made history as one of the most dominant Stanley Cup champions to ever take the ice. This year’s Avs are threatening to make history, too — but not the good kind. Since 1971, only three defending Cup champs have failed to follow their title run with a return trip to […]
In a sport as chaotic as hockey, it can be hard for favorites to deliver in the playoffs. There’s a reason that we frequently see great teams from the regular season flame out early in the postseason, while the whole tournament often feels like little more than a battle of streaky goaltending. This year was […]
Few hockey players fit the superstar archetype as well as Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon. Over the past five seasons, MacKinnon trails only the Edmonton Oilers’ dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in scoring, and no one has him beat in total MVP votes. When healthy this season, MacKinnon has kept producing at […]
It wasn’t very long ago that the Colorado Avalanche were categorically the NHL’s worst team. Back in 2016-17, the club notched only 48 points — 21 fewer than any other team that year, and still the only full-length season below 50 points by a team in the NHL’s post-lockout era. According to Hockey-Reference.com’s Simple Rating […]