Colorado Avalanche Rumors & News

NHL.com "Here's what we know about Portland Winterhawks defenseman Seth Jones. He's not only No. 1 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters for the 2013 NHL Draft, but was regarded as the consensus first pick in three mock drafts conducted by NHL.com staffers. We also know..." May 22

Denver Post "This is the Facebook posting Monday night of Stephane Roy, the brother of Patrick. That posting and the events that happened because of it have created one of the more bizarre days of my 22-year reporting career at the Post. That post is clear enough – a couple of spelling mistakes aside: “For all..." May 22

Denver Post "Patrick Roy will be the next coach of the Avalanche, according to Roy's brother, Stephane. "They're discussing the final details of an arrangement. Colorado is going to be very happy. Patrick is looking for a new challenge," said Stephane Roy, the younger brother of his famous sibling. The..." May 21

Denver Post "Time will tell if Patrick Roy’s brother jumped the gun a little — or a lot, like all the way over — on his proclamation to me on the phone and on his own Facebook page that Patrick will be the next coach of the Avalanche. The Avs this morning are saying there is no deal in place. That’s about..." May 21

Denver Post "So about Seth Jones being a lock to be the No. 1 pick on June 30 by the Avalanche… I talked with the team’s chief scout, Rick Pracey, today and he said reports of Jones being the prohibitive favorite to be the pick are extremely premature – and might be proven wrong. “The No. 1 spot, it’s..." May 21

Denver Post "Patrick Roy is a strong candidate for the Avalanche head coaching job, an NHL source confirmed Sunday. The former Avalanche goaltender and NHL Hall of Famer is considered a rising star in the coaching ranks and was offered Colorado's head coaching job in 2009 before turning it down. With the..." May 20

Denver Post "When Patrick Roy turned down the Avalanche coaching gig in 2009, Joe Sacco was hired right away to fill the opening. The Avs took some criticism at the time for not conducting a more thorough search. Joe Sakic will not repeat that mistake. Sacco was fired April 28, and the job remains unfilled,..." May 19

Denver Post "Take this to the bank: it’s going to be a while before the Avs name a new coach. My spies tell me there will be no new coach in the near future. This probably means the following: - The Avs would like to see if Dave Tippett will be available. The Phoenix coach’s contract runs out June 30...." May 16

Denver Post "The Avalanche has another vacancy on its coaching staff. Kirk McLean, the Avs’ goalie coach since 2010, is no longer with the organ-i-zation. I don’t know whether he was fired or he just left on his own, but I guess it doesn’t really matter. McLean was never a full-time employee of the team. He..." May 14

Denver Post "Josh Kroenke announced Friday he will take over as team president of the Avalanche, replacing Pierre Lacroix, while former longtime team captain Joe Sakic was promoted to executive vice president of hockey operations. "Having had the privilege of learning under a mentor like Pierre Lacroix, and..." May 10

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Edmonton Journal "Seth Jones, the best junior hockey player on the planet, finished up his chat with a couple of TV guys, one local scribe and the Portland Winterhawks’ website staff outside the team’s dressing room Tuesday morning, looking relaxed and well-turned out in a nice blue suit and open-necked black..." May 08

Denver Post "Seth Jones knows his story is irresistible to media who like things in neat little boxes. And the boxes in his story come gift-wrapped. • Jones is the son of a former NBA player and could become the first pick in the NHL draft — the first African-American to go No. 1 in hockey. • He learned to..." May 06

Denver Post "Avalanche left wing/captain Gabe Landeskog is expected to be named captain of Team Sweden and Avs defenseman Jan Hejda is earmarked as a top blue-liner for the Czech Republic as the World Championship is set to begin in Finland and Sweden this week. Naming Landeskog captain for such a big..." May 02

Denver Post "Among all the coaches who have helped Seth Jones develop into hockey's most attractive NHL draft prospect and likely Avalanche franchise defenseman, Kent Murphy might be most proud. Murphy coached Jones in his final three years in Colorado, for the Littleton Hawks (two seasons) and Colorado..." May 01

Denver Post "The Avalanche remains without a coach. Since firing Joe Sacco on Sunday, the team has given no clues about who will be their next coach, or even how it is conducting the search. Former Avs great Patrick Roy — who turned down an offer from team president Pierre Lacroix in 2009 to become the..." May 01

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "It seemed only fitting that after a disastrous season in which the injury-decimated Panthers went from Southeast Division champions to the bottom of the NHL, their bad luck would continue in the nationally televised draft lottery Monday night. Despite holding the best odds at 25 percent to land..." April 30

NHL.com "By finishing with the fewest points in the regular season, the Florida Panthers had the best chance to land the No. 1 pick at the 2013 NHL Draft in June. But, on Monday, the Colorado Avalanche were the ones smiling. Colorado (16-25-7) was the winner of the 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery..." April 29

NHL.com "The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs will open Tuesday in Chicago with a matchup between the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild, who were the last team to clinch a playoff berth. The NHL released the playoff schedule Sunday night and it includes three Game 1s on..." April 29

Denver Post "There was one positive to the Avalanche's just-completed season. It was short. Only 48 games instead of the usual 82. But by the end Saturday night at the Pepsi Center, it felt like an eternity for what can accurately be termed "long-suffering Avalanche fans." For the fifth time in seven seasons,..." April 28

Denver Post "The Colorado Avalanche on Sunday fired coach Joe Sacco after four seasons at the helm, the team said. The Avs have not hired a replacement. The Avs made the change after a last-place showing in the NHL's Western Conference, and for missing the playoffs for the third straight year under Sacco's..." April 28

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Two hours before Saturday night’s regular-season finale, Chuck Fletcher sat alone in an empty section of a darkened lower bowl inside Pepsi Center for more than 30 minutes. The Wild general manager just stared at the ice. Stared and stared and stared. It was a stunning, powerful scene. Who..." April 28

Denver Post "Paul Stastny and Matt Hunwick will be taking a trip to Helsinki, Finland, in a few days. They were both named to the U.S. national team today for the upcoming World Championships. The team that will be coached by Joe Sacco. Will that be the only team Sacco can list as his employer soon? We’ll find..." April 25

SportingNews.com "A midseason run of 15 losses in 19 games doomed any hopes the Colorado Avalanche had of making a surprise playoff run, and the 2013 campaign will most likely be remembered for the Ryan O’Reilly offer sheet saga or goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere saying earlier this month that “some guys are more..." April 24

Denver Post "If Avalanche management is smart — OK, knock off the jokes, please — it will sign Matt Duchene to a long-term extension as quickly as it can this summer. For the Avs, that means June 22nd. That was the date last year on which he signed a two-year, $7 million contract, and NHL bylaws prohibit..." April 24

NHL.com "The team holding the top pick in the 2013 NHL Draft will need to consider one important question prior to stepping to the podium to announce its selection on June 30 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. What do we need right now? Is it a poised and polished minute-munching, two-way..." April 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Back-to-back losses to the last-place team in the Western Conference and potentially backing into a playoff berth would not have been an ideal way to stumble into the postseason. Avoiding that scenario, the Blues clinched a spot in the playoffs with a 3-1 victory over Colorado Tuesday night at..." April 24

NHL.com "In celebration of Earth Day, NHL Green has teamed up with Sterling Planet, the United States' leading retail provider of environmental assets for corporate, utility and government clients, to attempt to mitigate the environmental impact of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the second..." April 22

Denver Post "The news is encouraging with former first-round Avalanche draft pick Joey Hishon, who suffered a second concussion last week. Hishon skated Thursday with the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, and one of the functional neurologists tending to him said the outlook is..." April 20

Edmonton Sun "If it’s not news when a dog bites a man, then it’s not news when somebody walks on a doormat. So it’s probably best not to read anything into a late season win over the second-worst team in the NHL, not when your own writing had been on the wall for weeks. But, hey, it beats losing, and..." April 20

Denver Post "P.A. Parenteau, Matt Duchene and Ryan O’Reilly each told me today they would be honored to play for Team Canada at the upcoming World Championship from May 3-19 in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland, and Paul Stastny said he and defensemen Erik Johnson and Matt Hunwick are candidates to..." April 18

ESPN.com "The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season with six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadiums across North America, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The series will start..." April 17

NHL.com "The National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League today announced a historic partnership with the You Can Play Project that formalizes and advances their long-standing commitment to make the NHL the most inclusive professional sports league in the world. "The NHL..." April 12

TSN.ca "The National Hockey League's meeting with officials from the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation wrapped up in New York City Friday with more work needed to be done. "We had a good working session and were able to discuss all of the issues involved in the..." April 12

Denver Post "The list of retired numbers with the Avalanche grew Friday, when the team announced the No. 52 belonging to Adam Foote will be raised to the Pepsi Center rafters next season. The Avs will retire Foote's jersey during a game still to be determined. He becomes the fifth player in Avs history to..." April 12

L.A. Daily News "The Kings faced a 20-year-old rookie goaltender making his NHL debut for a last-place team with nothing to play for except pride Thursday at Staples Center. Naturally, it ended up as a test of wills that defied pregame expectations. Jeff Carter, Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar scored in a..." April 12

Denver Post "J.S. Giguere stood up his former franchise while his current teammates stood up for themselves following a scathing critique from their goaltender Monday. Giguere stopped 21-of-22 shots and the Avalanche scored early in each of the first two periods to earn a rare road victory, 4-1 over..." April 11

Denver Post "If the Avalanche players have stopped caring, why should we? But here is the tougher question: If the minds of the last-place Avs are already somewhere else as a horrible NHL season winds down, what is coach Joe Sacco still doing here? Sacco is earnest and hardworking, a hockey grinder at..." April 10

Denver Post "While the Avalanche might have some wounds to lick this offseason, their roster is on the mend as they welcome back three key forwards this week. Paul Stastny is returning to the lineup Wednesday night and the Avs got David Jones back in Monday's loss to Calgary. Thursday, veteran forward Milan..." April 10

Denver Post "There still is a little time for redemption — 10 games, to be exact. For David Jones, there are nine games left to prove this season wasn't a complete bust. The veteran right winger returned to the Avs' lineup Monday night against the Calgary Flames after missing time with a knee injury. The..." April 09

Denver Post "Jean-Sebastien Giguere is a proud player, the longest-serving member of the Avalanche. His time in the NHL dates to the late, great days of the Hartford Whalers. For Giguere to openly criticize his teammates is a big deal, something that shouldn't be dismissed lightly. After the Avalanche's 3-1..." April 09

Denver Post "In more games than not, and far more than he would like, Gabe Landeskog said being the youngest captain in NHL history has felt like being "snowed in." The rookie Avalanche captain and second-year left wing, 20, repeatedly used those words in discussing how he has suffered in a season that has..." April 08

Ottawa Sun "The NHL trade deadline may have been the final act for some general managers. With only three weeks left in the season, all 30 teams tried to tweak at Wednesday's cutoff to make trades, but a chosen few were more desperate than others because their jobs are on the line if they don't make a..." April 08

Denver Post "Joe Sakic never got a final send-off from Avalanche fans during a game at the Pepsi Center. Neither did Peter Forsberg. Milan Hejduk might not get that either. Hejduk, the longest-serving active player on the Avs, remains out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. With only 11 games left in the..." April 07

Denver Post "Forwards Paul Stastny (foot) and David Jones (knee) skated this morning but will not play in tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Pepsi Center. Wingers Chuck Kobasew (torso) and Milan Hejduk (shoulder) did not skate today and are out. Avs coach Joe Sacco said Jones will accompany..." April 05

Tennessean "There have been times during the past week when the Predators haven’t looked much like a playoff team — suffering a lopsided loss at home to Phoenix on Thursday and then getting shut out by a struggling Colorado squad on Saturday. But give the Predators credit for battling back the past two..." April 03