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Preissing out 4-6 weeks
September 22, 2009 by
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The Tom Preissing Era is off to a crummy start. One of the two D-men who came over from L.A. in the Ryan Smyth trade, Preissing had arthroscopic surgery on a knee today and is out 4-6 weeks.
He apparently suffered the injury at some point early in camp, as he never took part in [...]
O’Reilly’s bonus and other nuggets
September 22, 2009 by
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Ryan O’Reilly received a $60,000 signing bonus yesterday, as part of his three-year, entry-level contract. That money is his whether he plays for the Avs or not this year.
So, if he actually does make the Avs this season, his base salary will be $840,000, and he’s set...
Adrian Dater’s Bunyon
September 21, 2009 by
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I’m a big fan of The Onion. Consider some of these my homage to them, and an exercise in killing time/creative writing. Ridicule at your leisure:
PLANT UNVEILS “PICTURES AT 11″ RE-RELEASE, WORLD TOUR
Due to unprecedented, pent-up demand, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert...
Ryan O’Reilly signs contract
September 21, 2009 by
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Wow, Avs just signed Ryan O’Reilly to a three-year,l $2.7 million contract. Maybe this kid will make the team after all. It’s an “entry level” contract, and there still is a chance – maybe a good one – that O’Reilly still will be sent back...
Stoa cut
September 21, 2009 by
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Unfortunately for Ryan Stoa, my hunch proved correct. He’s just been sent to Lake Erie of the AHL.
He and Ryan Wilson were the cuts by the Avalanche today, which reduces the roster to 27.
As I said in a blog last night from the Blues game, Stoa’s lack of speed was becoming...
Blues-Avs preaseaon, If a Tree Falls….
September 20, 2009 by
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There’s not much worse than preseason sports to me, but it’s my duty to bring you the details of this tilt between the Avalanche and Blues here at the Pepsi Center, so I will not let you down.
12:17 left here in the second period, and the Avs are getting shut out so far by the [...]
Tonight’s lineup: Boods, Duchene in
September 20, 2009 by
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Peter Budaj gets the start in goal tonight, and Matt Duchene will play his third game in four nights against the Blues. Other Avs players in the lineup include: Stewart, Durno, Jones, McLeod, Hendricks, Cumiskey, Liles, Hannan, Peltier, Hensick, Tucker, Hejduk, Salei, Stastny, Quincey...
Avs cut 10, Willsie included
September 19, 2009 by
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A bit of a surprise today, with Brian Willsie among the 10 cuts the Avs just made. That brings the roster down to 29. Only six more cuts to go, with about a week left of preseason games.
Matt Hendricks survived the cuts, despite being a minus-4 last night in St. Louis.
Willsie was...
Put preseason games on TV!
September 18, 2009 by
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I’m with a lot of you out there, frustrated at the fact that the Avs never put any preseason games on TV. As several smart-alecks out there have reminded us, what is Altitude’s justification for not putting on preseason games when they run programming like “2Xtreem...
Avs cut Cann, Gaunce
September 18, 2009 by
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Neither of these are shockers, but the Avs reassigned goalie Trevor Cann (to Lake Erie) and Cameron Gaunce (to Mississauga, OHL) just now. That drops the roster to 39 entering tonight’s preseason game at St. Louis.
The Avs must get down to 23 players by opening night.
Detroit...
The 10 Alumni nights announced – One for the Goose!
September 18, 2009 by
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I gotta tell you, I’m looking forward to one Avalanche alumni night more than any other: Alexei Gusarov Night.
The Goose never did a formal interview in his time with the Avs, with always the promise of “we’ll talk tomorrow” to hungry reporters. Tomorrow never...
Duchene and draws
September 17, 2009 by
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Mike Chambers wrote this yesterday, but it was put on another blog section of the denverpost.
When Avs rookie center Matt Duchene first took to the ice at age 2, he wasn’t interested in skating, shooting or delivering that Stanley Cup-winning assist. But he sure enjoyed taking draws...
Avs cut 8
September 17, 2009 by
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Roster down to 41 now, as the following eight players were cut and sent back to their respective teams. I’m a little surprised Burki was cut so soon. I thought he looked real good last night, on a line with Stewart and Durno.
Pos. Player [...]
Craig Anderson’s Avalanche mask design
September 17, 2009 by
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Here it is, snapped from a few different angles this morning on the iPhone. There is what seems to be some kind of “Abominable Snowman” theme to it. He’s got his “Andy” nickname on the back.
David Aebischer, if I recall, had a similar creature on his mask...
Lines from Burgundy-White
September 16, 2009 by
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I’m usually not such a geek zealot for line combinations, especially in an intra-squad scrimmage. But here are some line combos here from the Burgundy-White game.
With five minutes to go here in the first period, it’s 2-0 Burgundy, on goals by Matt Hendricks and Kelsey...
Burgundy-White lineups
September 16, 2009 by
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Here are the lineups for tonight Burgundy-White Avs scrimmage, 6:30 at the Air Force Academy. Sorry if it’s jumbled. I cut and pasted it on my iPhone.
ROSTERS
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Cadet Ice Arena, U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
BURGUNDYWHITE
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Camp observations
September 15, 2009 by
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I haven’t done much written analysis of camp stuff yet, but here are some early impressions:
-Ryan Stoa is going to have to work on moving his feet. He’s got a kind of loping stride out there, and coach Joe Sacco implied that he looked a little slow on Sunday, Day 1. Sacco...
This Ambien Life
September 15, 2009 by
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I ripped off this title to the blog from a guy I hung out with tonight, watching the Patriots-Bills game. I got to talking about my ambien addiction, and also my fondness for NPR’s “This American Life”, so hence the title. I’m still kinda sorta hooked on ambien...
First day of camp stuff
September 13, 2009 by
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I’ll have a story in tomorrow’s paper about today’s first day of training camp, but here are a couple of videos to tide you over ’til then.
A couple of quick notes: Matt Duchene was on the “Blue” team that didn’t scrimmage today. He did drills...
A talk with the Avs captains
September 12, 2009 by
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Avalanche held pre-camp physicals and other testing this morning at the Pepsi Center. Camp starts tomorrow morning at 9 sharp. I’ll have a couple of stories in tomorrow’s paper. In the meantime, here’s some video taken of the Avs’ new set of captains, starting...
Meet your new Avalanche captain
September 11, 2009 by
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Adam Foote will be the Avalanche’s captain for 2009-10. Just got word. Milan Hejduk and Paul Stastny are the assistant captains.
As I said just last night, I think Footer was/is the worthy choice, and it’s a well-deserved honor for No. 52.
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Who should be captain – Stastny or Foote?
September 10, 2009 by
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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:
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Rookie Camp, Day 2 *with big video
September 10, 2009 by
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Ryan O’Reilly’s gonna be a player. Anybody who was at the Avalanche Rookie Camp, Day 2 out at Family Sports Center today saw some very enticing glimpses of what the 2009 second-round pick’s future could be like.
It’s the most worn-out cliche in sports that...
First day of rookie camp, with video
September 09, 2009 by
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OK, welcome to the new and improved All Things Avs. Thanks to Steve Jobs and the brilliant people at Apple, I’m able to post videos here now, and I plan to do a lot of that this coming season.
It’s pretty easy to do, and I plan on doing a lot of fun things with it, [...]
Avalanche training camp roster and schedule
September 04, 2009 by
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A quick cut and paste job here, for the roster of Avs training camp, and the schedules for regular and rookie camps.
First, the schedule:
Wed, Sept. 9 Rookie Camp [...]
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