Found September 08, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
PLAYERS:
Joe Sakic,
Wojtek Wolski,
Craig Anderson,
Peter Budaj,
Scott Hannan,
Brett Clark,
John-Michael Liles,
Ruslan Salei,
Adam Foote,
Ryan Smyth,
Tom Preissing,
Kyle Quincey,
Milan Hejduk,
Paul Stastny,
Cody McLeod,
Chris Stewart,
Darcy Tucker,
Brian Willsie,
Marek Svatos,
Cody McCormick
TEAMS: Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres
TEAMS: Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres
Outlook:
Once a dominant franchise, the Colorado Avalanche have taken a step back in the post-lockout era. Granted, the team has seen their share of injuries, but the Avs have also seen their fare share of departures as well.
Joe Sakic, the team’s leader since they were located in Quebec, has retired after 20 seasons with the organization. While it was time for Sakic to hang up the skates, he was certainly the face of the franchise, and his presence on and off the ice is irreplaceable.
However, some consider that the future of the Avalanche organization was drafted in the first round of this year’s draft.
Matt Duchene, drafted third overall, tallied 79 points (31 g, 48 a) last season with Brampton of the Ontario Hockey League. Fellow Avs forward Wojtek Wolski also played for Brampton and scored 128 points in his last season in 2005-06.
Another notable addition coming to Denver was goaltender Craig Anderson.
A native of Park Ridge, Illinois, Anderson spent the last three ...
Original Story:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/25...
Yardbarker aggregates the latest sports news, rumors and gossip from around the web. We use proprietary algorithms to automatically categorize stories and associate photos with articles. If you feel an article was miscategorized, please email tagging@yardbarker.com.
THE BACKYARD
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES
Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 Colorado Avalanche!
NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each day throughout September.Last Season's Ad Copy: Fifteenth in the Western Conference and fifth in...
Is that really your first question?
Sean Leahy over at P Diddy, I mean Puck Daddy, posted his excellent Colorado Avalanche season preview as part of an ongoing series previewing all 29 NHL teams.*He asked me and a few other bloggers for one or two sentences to use as quotes in the article. Now, I don't know what Jib thought one or two meant but Tapeleg still bested me in the quest to use the least amount of digi...
I wish I was in Denver
Did you hear it? Yep, that's what you thought you heard. A fresh set of rookies taking their freshly sharpened skates onto a fresh sheet of ice. I wasn't there, but I heard it.Colorado Avalanche rookie camp got underway today and following along on Dario's twitter feed had me wishing I was in Denver catching the action first-hand rather than through the Inter-tubes.There...
Colorado Avalanche 2009/10 Season Preview
Let’s be honest. The Colorado Avalanche had a worse year than Pauly Shore last year. After finishing in last place in the entire Western Conference during the 2008/09 regular season (that’s right, that’s how bad it got), Colorado basically pulled a General Motors and slashed a huge portion of their managerial and coaching staff, albeit [...]
Paul McCann: September' Previews - Colorado
Today is the eighth in my month long series of previews of every team in the NHL. Today Colorado, tomorrow Columbus.
-------------------------------
Colorado Avalanche â?? THUD! Thatâ??s the sound of a team hitting bottom, Denver hockey fans havenâ??t seen a team this bad since the old NHL Rockies. Limited offense, so-so blueline and questionable goaltending... the only...
Who should be captain – Stastny or Foote?
I’ll be shocked if one of those two gentlemen isn’t given the honor of succeeding Joe Sakic as Avalanche captain. But this honor has not been determined yet.
Let’s hear your opinion as to who should get it, and why:
Share on Facebook
NHL Forum Discussions
















