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Peter Forsberg to Announce Retirement
I just got a text message from TSN's alert service that Peter Forsberg is going to announce his retirement.I hadn't seen this anywhere else and thought it may have been a mistake. But lo and behold, it's up on TSN's website as well.So long, Foppa. We will always love you.
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February 14, 2011
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Ryan O'Reilly Out for Two Weeks; Why Leaders Gotta Lead
I was out on Friday night celebrating a co-workers time spent at our company while he kicked off what will surely be a successful business venture on his own. The beers were flowing, the stories sailing and the food was plentiful (and delicious). But given our modern age, there was no way I was going to spend the whole night without following the Avalanche-Wild game.I could have...
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January 16, 2011
Business Insider - 23 Best NHL Players Earning Less Than $1 Million
I sent this link off to our puck-link providing overlords and said "I didn't look at it yet b/c I'm supposed to be working!". But curiosity got the better of me and I sneaked a peek. If you're reading this boss, I swear I'll make up the time!It turns out it was very worth it as an Avs fan. Let's move past the inclusion of Kyle Cumiskey on the list as...
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November 04, 2010
Taking a Pie in the Face for Prostate Cancer
Some of you may recall my post in the aftermath of the great hashtag battle of 'ought-10. In it, I said I would donate my estimated contribution of $100 had I attended the battle to a charity. I even hinted that a donation to prostate cancer research might be in line given that Movember was coming up.Well, it's happening. Today, in fact.My workplace today held a bake sale...
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November 04, 2010
Avalanche 6 - Flames 5; Sieve Edition
In one of the great goaltending duels of our time, the Avalache came away with what some are calling a steal of a win. I don't consider it a steal myself. It may have been a late goal that won it but it was hard work that made it happen.What did play nicely into the hands of the Avalanche was the Flames giving Henrik Karlsson the start. I have my doubts that Miikka Kiprusoff...
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October 29, 2010
Anderson Out Indefinitely But No Surgery Required
Terry Frei fed us the news earlier today that Craig Anderson is out indefinitely but will not require surgery. He's headed back to (or likely is back in) Denver while John Grahame has been called in to back up Peter Budaj.If no surgery is needed then there is no full tear, which is great. Hopefully the Avalanche release full details of the injury (I know, I know) to the fans...
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October 27, 2010
Avalanche 3 - Canucks 4; Injury Edition
Short thoughts from me to close out the game:Johnny Liles with the NHL record! 9 straight games with a point to open the season and he's now in the record books. Time to trade him while his stock is high.What in the blue hell was Jonas Holos doing driving the puck towards his own net on the game-winning play? I've been loving what Holos has brought to the team but that was...
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October 27, 2010
The Battle Was Over By The Time I Showed Up
I missed the great hashtag battle of "ought-10"! I also missed out on another petty use of Twitter blocking by Dater but we'll skip past that.The L.A. Kings fans won the battle and I can't help but think that had I been around Saturday night, this whole thing would have turned out differently.Alas, I was not. However I would still like to add my contribution to...
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October 25, 2010
Avalanche 3 - Rangers 1 - Prologue Edition
I am staring at my giant new 24" Samsung monitor, typing on my new Microsoft Arc keyboard, caressing my new Microsoft Arc mouse and, more importantly, sitting at my newly reconstituted desk. I'm also dreading my next credit card bill but that's besides the point.Back in 2002, the first thing I did when I was hired out of university was to purchase a gorgeous L-shaped...
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October 19, 2010
Story of the day - The Stewart-Konopka Fight
Jeff Marek unearthed the full scoop behind the Chris Stewart vs Zenon Konopka fight and it's pure gold.Dig in and enjoy the exact type of reporting that we need more of in sports.
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October 18, 2010
Comment of the day - Oct 18, 2010
A comment from Dater's latest blog post included the following gem:"Scratch Duchene. He's already been demoted to the third line center. He's a prima donna. "You sir, are a genius.
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October 18, 2010
Avalanche 5 - Red Wings 4 - Suck It Edition
The Avalanche marched into Joe Louise Arena tonight on the second night of back-to-back games and walked away with a 5-4 shootout win. Don't try and say that didn't sting, Wings fans.In a back-and-forth game, the Avalanche got timely goals from Ryan O'Reilly and Daniel Winnick, book-ended by David Jones tallies to get this game into a shootout. From there, Peter Budaj...
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October 12, 2010
Avalanche 2 - Flyers 4, Quick Thoughts Edition
After defeating the Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks, the Avalanche turned their attention tonight to the Stanley Cup losing Philadelphia Flyers. Unfortunately the Avs walked away with their first loss of the season thanks in large part to an abysmally atrocious first period which included two shorthanded goals against. Two.The Avalanche started the game as a turnover machine...
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October 11, 2010
Avalanche 4 - Blackhawks 3, Late Review Edition
It was a good start to the season last night and you can already get a glimpse at some promising -and some troubling - developments. I'm going to reel off some thoughts and forgo a more eloquent recap. But to make it seem like I did put thought into this, I'll group things into the "promising" and "troubling" categories.TroublingThe Avs strategy without...
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October 08, 2010
Season Opener Thoughts
As I'm sure you're all aware, tonight opens the NHL season and our beloved Avalanche are facing the defending champs, the Chicago Blackhawks. Here's my version of "30 thoughts" on the night1. Isn't it odd to pair Chicago against Colorado to start the season? There's not a ton of history there for a defending, original six Cup champion. Shouldn't...
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October 07, 2010
Avalanche Blogger Roundtable - Day One
The Avalanche blogger roundtable has kicked off and this year there are 27 participants. 27! It's like we're all a bunch of small businesses producing similar ideas with one ultimate goal: to get bought out by Google.I'd be curious to know what the blogger community is like for other teams. Are there this many contributors for the majority of teams? How many single bloggers...
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October 04, 2010
Colorado Avalanche Roster - 2010-2011 Edition
After final cuts, our 2010-2011 Avalanche roster is set for opening night.*The surprise player making the team is Mark Olver who I know absolutely nothing about other than being the smallest player on the roster at 5'10" and 170lbs. His college stats show he knows how to score which is great but that size doesn't appear conducive to playing on the fourth line. So where...
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October 03, 2010
"Rip Jobs" and Journalism
Via Dater's blog:"I’m in the process of writing a bit of a rip job for Sunday’s paper on the state of the Avalanche’s preseason."I'm in the process of trying to care less.I'm so tired of hearing about "rip jobs" from Dater. The glee with which he puts them out is frustrating and frankly it's disheartening.Call me crazy but I expect more than...
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October 01, 2010
Mr Dowbiggins,Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished! Well, allow me to retort. Should bloggers - a contrarian, independent lot -...You're an idiot. That might be a problem as “blogger” has come to be synonymous for bending...
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September 16, 2010
The Purse Strings Open; Chris Stewart Signs Two-year Deal
The Avalanche offseason news has been fairly lackluster and coupled with radio silence on contract negotations, hand wringing commenced over unsigned RFAs Peter Mueller and Chris Stewart which bled into rumor and speculation.The primary contender was that Stan Kroenke was cheaping out on us all to focus on his soccer, NBA and NFL holdings. The Avalanche were the redheaded step child...
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September 02, 2010
Why I'm Right and You're Wrong
With everybody chiming in on the Kovalchuk contract rejection saga, I felt compelled to crawl out of my cave and share a few thoughts.FirstI don't see how this drama can be framed in the light of "big market team vs small market team". Atlanta offered the same dollars to Kovalchuk and he passed. If the small market team was willing to pony up, doesn't that immediately...
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July 21, 2010
Farewell Faithful Friends
As I sit here waiting for a Michael Jackson disc to burn before my roadtrip (what, you don't dance while driving?), I remembered one thing I wanted to do and that's bid farewell to some of our departed Avalanche players.In a shocking development, it appears that the following players will be walking away from the Avs and - hopefully - to another team some time before October...
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July 01, 2010
Free Agent Frenzy - and My Dog - Await
We're less than 12 hours away from hockey Christmas and I can't help but be underwhelmed in anticipation. This year, it really feels like all that truly matters as far as splashes is where Ilya Kovalchuk will wind up.Sure, Marty Turco and Evgeni Nabokov are out there and that's interesting, but they lack the panache of a name like Kovalchuk. I mean, is anybody really...
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July 01, 2010
Avalanche Draft Joey Hishon with 17th Pick
So the Avalanche went off most people's boards, but not off the Avalanche scout boards - and selected Joey Hishon with the 17th pick in the 2010 entry draft.It comes as a shock as some more "name" players were available and drafting a small center seems a bit redundant. Especially after letting Kelsey Tessier go during the summer.However after reading a few articles on the guy, I...
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June 25, 2010
Avalanche Sign Budaj, Koci
Really?More to say later but I'm shocked that Budaj is willing to come back and I have no idea why the Avalanche are willing to lug Koci around.
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June 03, 2010
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