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• Anderson in tonight

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  It’s official: Craig Anderson back in net for the Avs tonight against the Lightning. Puck drops at 7:08. See you on twitter.com/adater if you want to follow along with my occasionally snarky commentary. Here’s a little video of Paul Stastny taken this morning, on the state of things and the importance [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

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• Why the Avs Can’t Beat the Wild

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  The Avalanche haven’t been able to perform at all against the Minnesota Wild, the worst team in the Northwest Division. Nothing changed about that trend last night, as the Avs got shutout 1-0 at the Pepsi Center. [...]

  Fetched: December 10, 2009, 9:05am EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Wild – Eletroshock Therapy Edition

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  OK, so maybe that wasn’t such an exciting hockey game tonight. OK, maybe I have just booked an appointment with Nurse Ratched after watching it. Boring or not, you’ve got to find a way to get a lousy goal in a 60-minute hockey game. Especially, I’m sorry, against a Minnesota Wild [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:04am EST
  

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• Budaj to start tonight, but Andy on the mend

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  Peter Budaj gets the start tonight for the Burgundy and Blue against the Wild. But Craig Anderson did participate in the morning skate at the Pepsi Center, and here’s proof: The word on Andy is that he felt good today and the Avs believe he’ll be good to have a full [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:37pm EST
  

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• Some mystery around Anderson *or is there?

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  (St. Paul Pioneer Press) The condition of goalie Craig Anderson is cloaked in some mystery tonight, which is not the way I like to describe anything as a reporter. Despite plenty of calls today, the condition of the Avs’ No. 1 padded guardian of the corded igloo remains somewhat vague to [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:35pm EST
  

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• Darren McCarty retires

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  (Detroit News file photo) I know, I know: you thought he had already. Nope, he hadn’t made it official until today. Darren McCarty, Avalanche villain No. 1, officially hung up his skates after finding no more takers out there for his hockey services. I know Avs fans here will hate to read [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:44pm EST
  

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• Roy turned down $9.5 million to play one more year with Avs

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  (nhl.com) In talking to some Canadian reporters after Saturday’s 100th anniversary game in Montreal Canadiens history, old friend Patrick Roy revealed he turned down an offer of $9.5 million to play another year with the Avs in 2003-04. He was making $8 million his final year. I’ve been told by quite a [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 12:09am EST
  

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• How Last Night’s Avs Game Got Ugly

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  Florida Panther Keith Ballard has taken out two goalies in less than a week. [...]

  Fetched: December 03, 2009, 5:21pm EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Panthers

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  Post-game Avs-Panthers – The Ballad of Ballard the Goalie Hunter edition Wrapping things back up in the room here in hot, humid Coral Springs, Fla. Four hour flight back home tomorrow, as colleague Terry Frei takes over for the rest of the Avs’ road trip. Well, not much other to say than [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

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• Clemmensen in net for Panthers tomorrow, just fitted for steel goalie mask

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  Tomas Vokoun will not play against the Avs tomorrow. He’s still recovering from former Avs draft pick Keith Ballard’s Marquis De Sade impression last night on him. Might be an awkward Panthers Christmas party this year. Scott Clemmensen will be in net against the Avs, and he’s a good goalie who [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:49pm EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Lightning – Pass the Dutchy edition

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  An ’80s song reference to start the blog. You have to love that. You have to love that. So Matt Duchene got two goals tonight. Where are you, Dutchy haters? He played a great game, in both ends. Nights like tonight are when I start to get a little more optimistic [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Wild, with video

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  My story in the paper tomorrow will be heavily critical of the Avs' PK play, the sole reason the Burgundy and Blue lost today. That, and lots of brain cramps and soft plays. Some of you are going to say I'm getting all Negative Nancy here and should just stay [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

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• Hejduk out with knee injury

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  Major bad news from Minny: Milan Hejduk out with a knee injury. Don’t have much info. now. More later. Losing him would be a crippling blow to this team. *Hejduk had right knee wrapped in ice after the game. Avs won’t say anything more than “we’ll see tomorrow.” Arkayne = window.Arkayne || [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Preds – Cherish the point

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  (David Zalubowski, AP) One of my favorite hockey sayings, among many, is “we’ll take the point and cherish it” after a, duh, one-point night by a team. The Avs should take the point and cherish it tonight, because there’s no way in the world I thought they’d get anything other than [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:52pm EST
  

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• Hensick placed on waivers

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  T.J. Hensick, just placed on waivers by the Avalanche. If no team claims him by noon tomorrow, he’ll go to Lake Erie of the AHL. It just hasn’t worked out too well for T.J. this year with the Avs. Joe Sacco just hasn’t played him much. It’ll be interesting to see [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:39am EST
  

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• Adam Foote, on his latest return

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  Some video of the Avs’ captain, taken today. He’s back in the lineup tomorrow night – barring any setbacks overnight or the morning. He passed a neurological test today, which got him cleared to play. [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  

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• How the Avs Reclaimed the Top Spot in the Northwest Division

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  The Colorado Avalanche stopped the bleeding last night after pulling out a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Pepsi Center. [...]

  Fetched: November 24, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Canucks, that’s 7-0 outscored in last two third periods

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  (Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun) Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? The Avalanche definitely are this week’s winner for “Team that collapsed like a souffle after a big noise in the kitchen” in the third period. Four goals tonight in the third, after a 2-1 lead. Three goals Wednesday [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:12am EST
  

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• Why the Avs Are Still a Good Bet

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  Colorado Avalanche backup goalie Peter Budaj hasn't had many opportunities in the net this season, thanks to the stellar play of goalie Craig Anderson. And last night, Budaj proved there's been a good reason for that.' [...]

  Fetched: November 19, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Flames

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  Great win for the visiting lads tonight. Just when you think they’re going to slide away, they come up with a win like that against a real good team. Strong games by Wilson, Hannan, Stastny, Duchene, O’Reilly, Jones, Stewart, etc. Flames can’t be happy losing this one – and from what [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:53pm EST
  

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• Are the Avs’ Blue Jerseys Bad Luck?

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  The Vancouver Canucks hung an 8-2 smackdown on the Avs at the Pepsi Center Saturday night, with the Avs looking overwhelmed almost from the beginning. [...]

  Fetched: November 16, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

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• Avs third jerseys – tangled up in blue

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  (Denver Post photo, John Leyba) I don’t care what anybody says – and that’s more than a few anybodies, if my inbox is to be believed: I love ‘em. I absolutely love the Avs’ new third jerseys. I would wear one in a heartbeat, if being seen in one might not [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  

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• Are Hockey Shootouts Bad for the Team?

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  The Avs had several opportunities to pull out a win last night without going to a shootout, with rookie Matt Duchene hitting the goal post three times in the game, twice in the final minute of regulation. [...]

  Fetched: November 12, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

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• Postgame Avs-Blackhawks – what was Sacco thinking with Tucker, poll question on shootouts and the greatest national anthem ever

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  Now that’s a national anthem. A lot of you may have heard about the stirring anthem to Chicago Blackhawks games – a tradition that got started somehow in a playoff series against Edmonton in the 1980s – but never experienced it. Click on the video above, and you’ll get a pretty [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:33pm EST
  

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• Hejduk doesn’t skate; Tucker back tomorrow

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  Milan Hejduk didn’t skate today, but the Avs aren’t ruling him out for tomorrow in Chicago. Guess that’s the good news, though usually when a guy doesn’t practice the day before, the Avs never play him the next day. Darcy Tucker, however, will make his return to the lineup. He was [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  

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• The Avalanche average ticket price myth

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  The Avalanche has among the highest ticket prices in the National Hockey League. A couple of years ago, they generally were considered to be the second-highest in the league, behind only Toronto. They have moderated since then, and it is true that the Avs now are running “deals.” But it [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:27am EST
  

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• Friday quick hits

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  Anybody happen to catch the story on denverpost.com today about the Avs’ own executive VP at a loss to explain the lousy attendance so far? Needless to say, there is some nervousness over at the Burgundy and Blue offices about this issue. I’m sick today and heading back to bed [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:24am EST
  

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