When the Colorado Avalanche take on the New York Rangers Thursday night, they may be missing a big piece of their forward core. Or they might run it back with the same lineup.
Justus Annunen got the start and the loss tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. The Colorado Avalanche announced this morning that they signed Annunen to a two-year, one-way NHL contract.
The Colorado Avalanche signed goaltender Justus Annunen on Tuesday to a two-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Annunen -- who could have become a restricted free agent on July 1 -- will have a cap hit of around $833,000 on a one-way deal, ESPN reported.
The Colorado Avalanche is ensuring depth between the pipes for the near future. On Tuesday, the team announced that it is signing goaltender Justus Annunen to a two-year, one-way contract extension that will kick in next season.
The Colorado Avalanche have reportedly signed goaltender Justus Annunen to a two-year, one-way contract extension.
The Colorado Avalanche must be really happy with what they’ve seen from Justus Annunen over the last month and a half. According to Kevin Weekes, the Avalanche are locking down the 24 year old goaltender for two more years at a cap hit of around $833,000.
Strike 2: Will Justus be served? Certainly looks that way. To the surprise of many, the Colorado Avalanche did not make a trade to bring in a veteran backup goaltender to support regular starter Alexander Georgiev at the recently passed NHL trade deadline.
The Colorado Avalanche head onto the road in the middle of a three-game winning streak. The unfortunate news of losing one of their best penalty killers in Logan O’Connor has come as a blow to the team, but the new players will make up for it.
The Avalanche would not be denied tonight against the Calgary Flames. This is the sort of recap I can get used to writing! After being down a goal in the first period, the Avalanche said enough was enough and responded with a goal explosion in the second period.
The Colorado Avalanche are in Calgary for the first of a four-game road trip. The Avalanche will look to improve upon their 14-14-5 record away from Ball Arena.
Will the Colorado Avalanche go out and acquire a backup goaltender, or is their guy already in town? The Chicago Blackhawks stink, to put it kindly, but Justus Annunen can only play who the Avalanche choose to start him against, and for the second straight game against the worst team in the West, he stopped every shot.
If only the Colorado Avalanche could play the Chicago Blackhawks every week. If only. For the second time in just four days, Justus Annunen shutout the Blackhawks, as the Avalanche beat the visiting Chicago squad by a score of 5-0.
As with every game, you take the good with the bad, so time to take a look at the pluses and the minuses in the game against the Chicago Blackhawks for the Colorado Avalanche.
Zach Parise had two goals and an assist for the visiting Colorado Avalanche in a 5-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. Nathan MacKinnon collected a goal and an assist to reach the 100-point plateau, Cale Makar had two assists and Justus Annunen made 24 saves for the Avalanche for his first NHL shutout.
The Colorado Avalanche are 32-14-2 and currently first in the Central Division. They want to continue the hot streak they left off before the All-Star break.
The Colorado Avalanche placed backup netminder Pavel Francouz on long-term injured reserve, providing the necessary cap space for the club to recall two players: forward Riley Tufte and netminder Justus Annunen.
On Friday’s episode of "Daily Faceoff Live" Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuck discussed the goaltenders to watch as the NHL waiver wire heats up.
The Colorado Avalanche will be one of six teams participating in the 2023 Rookie Faceoff in Las Vegas, including the host-Vegas Golden Knights, Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks.
The Colorado Avalanche have signed goaltender Justus Annunen to a one-year contract. Annunen, 23, made two starts with the Avalanche last year, going 1-1-0.
A lot has changed since the Colorado Avalanche last met the St. Louis Blues. Colorado has lost one of their depth defensemen in Erik Johnson. He will be out indefinitely.
The Colorado Avalanche have announced that they have recalled goaltender Justus Annunen from their AHL affiliate.
The Colorado Avalanche are about to find themselves in a little goaltending trouble, depending on the status of their top netminder, Darcy Kuemper. With
A week ago, I wrote a piece highlighting Colorado Avalanche prospects who are currently playing (and thriving) in the NCAA. As everybody already knows, with the CHL yet to get underway (apart from a failed attempt to start the QMJHL season), doing prospect updates is a little bit more of a challenge.
The Colorado Avalanche have signed goaltender Justus Annunen to a three-year, entry-level contract, adding another interesting prospect to the organization.
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