Andrew Cogliano's playing career with the Colorado Avalanche lasted only three seasons. His career with the organization may last considerably longer. Just over two years after playing his final NHL game, Cogliano is moving deeper into the front office.
A familiar name is working his way up the ranks of the Colorado Avalanche organization. On Tuesday, the Avalanche announced that Andrew Cogliano has been promoted to assistant general manager.
Two seasons into his front office career, Andrew Cogliano is already climbing the Colorado Avalanche’s ladder. He has been promoted to assistant general manager by the Avalanche, who named Joe Sakic general manager once again over the summer.
The bags were packed after the Edmonton Oilers’ comeback 5–4 overtime victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night, as the team prepared to embark on a marathon seven-game Eastern Conference road trip.
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Andrew Cogliano comes in at No.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Two recent Colorado Avalanche players have gotten official titles in the front office for the organization. Andrew Cogliano and Pavel Francouz, two members of the 2022 Stanley Cup winning team, have moved on to the next chapter of their careers.
Nathan MacKinnon never thought he’d win the Hart Trophy. I’m not sure why. Has he not seen himself play hockey? On Thursday night, MacKinnon became the second Avalanche player to win both the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award in the same season, matching what Joe Sakic did back in 2001.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Andrew Cogliano has announced his retirement. Meanwhile, the Toronto Maple Leafs have to make decisions on Mitch Marner and Mark Giordano but have elected to move on from Ilya Samsonov.
The offseason has arrived for all but the two teams who are still taking part in the playoffs. For the rest, it’s time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Colorado.
Everyone loves a good veteran in their locker room, and the Colorado Avalanche had not one, but two elder statesmen (in NHL terms) as regulars on their team last year.
Continuing along with Oilersnation’s top stories of 2023, at No. 13, we have some violence between former Oilers teammates. During Game 6 of last year’s first-round playoff series between the Seattle Kraken and Colorado Avalanche, Jordan Eberle drilled Andrew Cogliano into the boards with a hit from behind.
Colorado Avalanche forwards Logan O’Connor and Andrew Cogliano are very close. In fact, given how they’re usually connected at the hip on the ice, you might think they’re long lost relatives.
Andrew Cogliano suffered a fractured neck as a result of a dangerous hit from Kraken forward Jordan Eberle on Friday night. The news of that injury is jarring enough, but what is even more more jarring is the fact Cogliano somehow returned to the game in the third period.