Avs Agree to Terms With Six Players

The Avalanche announced a slew of signings over the weekend. David Jones, Darren Haydar, Chris Durno, Matt Hendricks, Brian Willsie and Saskatoon native Tyler Weiman are all back with the franchise.AD has scooped us up the contract numbers for David Jones. The rest should be minimal value and are likely headed to Lake Erie anyways.I've updated the Google Spreadsheet with Jones' contract...

After 20 seasons, longtime Avs captain Joe Sakic is going to be hanging up the skates. He leaves as the 8th leading scorer in NHL history. - HB

On Monday, the Avalanche announced the signings of six players, including holdover wingers David Jones and Brian Willsie plus perennial minor-league star Darren Haydar, who scored 31 goals for

His decision to retire comes perhaps one season too late, but Joe Sakic leaves the game as a role model on and off the ice and with accomplishments across the board, Wes Goldstein says.

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club has scheduled a press conference, which will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. MT. At this time, Avalanche captain Joe Sakic will make a special announcement regarding his hockey career. Col...

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Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche???s longtime captain who led the team to two Stanley Cup titles, is retiring after a 20-year NHL career, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche's longtime captain who led the team to two Stanley Cup titles, will retire Thursday and end his 20-year NHL career, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

I want to stress that this is very preliminary, and I DON’T know this for sure. But I’m hearing from a couple of good sources that Joe Sakic will announce his retirement Thursday. I’m checking more of that out obviously, and I also want to stress that I hope this info. is wrong. But that’s the [...]

So this is how it feels to lose an old friend. When Joe Sakic announces his retirement from the NHL on Thursday, hockey will lose one of the best it ever had. Aside from one of the greatest wrist shots in league history, the game will say farewell to many things when Sakic hangs 'em up. Class. Integrity. Leadership. Dedication. Pride. Skill. These words don't...

 Some news and notes from around the Blog’s: Mile High Hockey:  More reaction to the news of Joe Sakic’s retirement. Slap Shot:  Discusses the Hawks troubles. On Frozen Blog:  Apparently President Obama talks over in Moscow covered more than just international politics as he showed Ovie some love. The Cult of Hockey:  Just in case you couldn’t get enough [...]

Boy when there’s not a lot of news you guys sure do devolve…:) While Carp is out trying to improve his handicap, I thought I’d pop in with some updates…none on Rangers, but at least it’s something! Thanks to TSN.. • After 20 NHL seasons, Colorado Avalanche forward Joe Sakic may be ready to hang up his [...]