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Hello and welcome to a Sunday edition of NHL Rumours! Every day brings us closer to the start of the 2021-22 season. That means plenty of signings, trades, and general roster adjustments as we approach what is hopefully a return to a normal year of hockey. Today’s NHL Rumours feature the New Jersey Devils, Florida […] READ MORE
New broken by NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman show multiple line up changes for the Colorado Avalanche ahead of Monday night’s game against the Dallas Stars. According to the tweet Colorado head coach Jared Bednar says that defenceman Erik Johnson and starting goaltender Philipp Grubauer will both be out “indefinitely”. Meanwhile forward Matt Calvert will not […] READ MORE
The Colorado Avalanche will have some decisions to make. They were playing well before the shutdown despite several injuries but we are nearing a return to play. A Stanley Cup run is only feasible if the supporting cast is ready to help the team’s stars. That means the Colorado Avalanche Black Aces will need to […] READ MORE
One of the Vancouver Canucks fans’ long-time favourite targets has been the Canucks draft history. Fans continuously point out the lackluster draft history the team holds. The complaint has been made for so long that it’s become a boilerplate criticism, one made without much thought. With so much unbridled criticism, it may be helpful to actually […] READ MORE
News broke Monday afternoon that the Colorado Avalanche defence retained another potential contributor. They signed defender Ryan Graves to a one-year extension with the organization. The two-way contract is worth $350,000 if he’s playing in the AHL and $735,000 in the NHL. Mike Chambers of the Denver Post was among the first to report the deal. […] READ MORE
The first day of Colorado Avalanche free agency caused quite a stir in NHL circles. The team essentially rebuilt several of their lines in a short span of time. Not including guys who will start in the AHL, Colorado brought in three new forwards, extended a fourth, and made a huge trade with the Toronto […] READ MORE
Earlier today we Colorado Avalanche fans saw an announcement that Carl Soderberg had been traded to the Arizona Coyotes for defenceman Kevin Connauton. It is time for some analysis of the big move. On the surface, this seems like an odd trade to make considering Soderberg just posted 49 points. That would rate as second-best […] READ MORE
The Colorado Avalanche and the Arizona Coyotes have made a trade today. The Avalanche sent forward Carl Soderberg to Arizona. The return from the Coyotes is the defenceman Kevin Connauton and the third round draft pick in 2020. With Carl Soderberg traded it means salary cap relief for Colorado. On the other note, the Coyotes wanted […] READ MORE
The Arizona Coyotes have signed free agent defenceman, Kevin Connauton to a two-year deal worth $2.75M with a cap hit of $1.375M. This deal carries him through the 2019-2020 season. READ MORE