There is going to be a hockey game here on New Year’s Eve. It is going to be something. This place is incredible.

#Avs training camp schedule … the prospects will have a Friday, Sept. 11 practice before the tournament in San Jose.

Cale Makar and his agency were patient and let the market change in front of them this summer. #Avs were willing to give Makar a huge AAV and he was ready to give them some cost certainty. How the two sides found common ground on a record-breaking deal: www.denverpost.com/2026/08/31/a...

How Cale Makar, Avalanche found common ground to arrive at NHL’s largest contract

For nearly two decades, the discourse with superstar NHL players has been they are underpaid relative to their impact in the league’s salary cap world.

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The numbers were big, even with the expectation they would be. How did people around the NHL react to #Avs superstar Cale Makar signing an 8-year, $163.2 million contract? We asked them. ‘A unicorn deserves to break the bank’ www.denverpost.com/2026/08/29/a...

Reactions to Avalanche star Cale Makar’s mega-contract: ‘A unicorn deserves to break the bank’

There have been a few seismic moments in the NHL this summer as the financial situation changes rapidly.

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#Avs had 3 key members of the organization -- Cale Makar, Arturri Lehkonen and Jared Bednar -- entering the final year of their contracts on July 1. It's August 23, and those three are still without new deals. GM Joe Sakic says he is not concerned. www.denverpost.com/2026/08/23/a...

Avalanche GM Joe Sakic ‘pretty confident’ superstar Cale Makar will sign a new contract before the season starts

It’s been a quiet summer on the long-term planning front for the Colorado Avalanche.

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#Avs GM Joe Sakic said he still expects Cale Makar to sign a new contract before the season starts. He didn’t have any updates on Artturi Lehkonen or Jared Bednar. Said he’s not worried about Bednar’s deal and he doesn’t think Bednar is, either.

#Avs, Rebecca Yarros are teaming up again for Iron Flame night as part of the team’s “Book Club” nights this coming season … www.denverpost.com/2026/07/31/e...

Rebecca Yarros teams with Avalanche for ‘Iron Flame’ night at Ball Arena

Ball Arena will become a Navarre outpost for a night again this season.

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#Avs and Rebecca Yarros are doing an Iron Flame night on Oct. 28 against the Devils. A sequel to last season’s Fourth Wing night. Tickets go on sale on Aug. 7 at 10 am MT. They sold out in minutes last year. www.instagram.com/p/Dbb5gtqhX8... From last year: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/09/r...

IF the #Avs are done this offseason: Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas Schwartz-Nelson-Landeskog Kelly-Kadri-Roy L'Heureux-Svechkov-LOC Toews-Makar Kulak-Malinski Manson-Burns Juulsen Blackwood Wedgewood This lineup leaves $1,279,159 in cap space, projects $5,847,584 in deadline space per @puckpedia.com

#Avs prospect Christian Humphreys left Michigan and thought his school days were over. Then the hockey world changed. A Memorial Cup run in tow, Humphreys is headed to Minnesota instead of likely a limited role in Loveland or even a detour to New Mexico. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/02/a...

Avalanche prospect Christian Humphreys, with Memorial Cup victory in tow, ready to head back to school

Eighteen months ago, Christian Humphreys took a detour on his development path and then everything changed in more ways than one.

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#Avs prospect Christian Humphreys left Michigan and thought his school days were over. Then the hockey world changed. A Memorial Cup run in tow, Humphreys is headed to Minnesota instead of likely a limited role in Loveland or even a detour to New Mexico. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/02/a...

Avalanche prospect Christian Humphreys, with Memorial Cup victory in tow, ready to head back to school

Eighteen months ago, Christian Humphreys took a detour on his development path and then everything changed in more ways than one.

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Chris MacFarland has poached Dawson Sprigings from the #Avs analytics department to be a special assistant to the GM in Nashville. Sprigings had been with the Avs for seven years.

#Avs Cale Makar and Artturi Lehkonen are eligible for new contracts tomorrow. What might those deals look like? Finding comparable players for both isn't easy. Then there's the massive cap spike. Get used to big numbers, hearing "cap percentage" a lot. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/30/a...

How much for Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen? Predicting Avalanche contracts as NHL salary cap surges.

Two of the Colorado Avalanche’s most important players are eligible to sign new contracts Wednesday, but what those deals might look like is a big unknown in the NHL’s new financial landscape.

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Hitting a baseball at the MLB level has never been harder. The velocity, the spin, the movement - how the heck do these guys hit any of it? Lots of video, creative pitching machines/drills and basically the best video game simulator ever … is a start. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/28/r...

Rockies hitters are facing pitchers like Paul Skenes, who are nastier than ever. How do they do it?

Kyle Karros didn’t get to see that many of his father’s 284 home runs or 1,724 hits in person, but having a dad with that type of Major League Baseball experience is an invaluable resource.

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#Avs signed Taylor Makar to a two-year contract. It's a two-way deal for next year, then a one-way for 2027-28. He had a solid rookie season with the Eagles, and didn't look out of place in limited minutes with the Avs. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/29/a...

Avalanche sign Taylor Makar to two-year contract

The Colorado Avalanche signed Taylor Makar to a two-year contract, the club announced Monday.

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Hitting a baseball at the MLB level has never been harder. The velocity, the spin, the movement - how the heck do these guys hit any of it? Lots of video, creative pitching machines/drills and basically the best video game simulator ever … is a start. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/28/r...

Rockies hitters are facing pitchers like Paul Skenes, who are nastier than ever. How do they do it?

Kyle Karros didn’t get to see that many of his father’s 284 home runs or 1,724 hits in person, but having a dad with that type of Major League Baseball experience is an invaluable resource.

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#Avs will bring back their top-six defensemen from last season after signing Brett Kulak, Brent Burns to new contracts. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/26/a...

Avalanche sign defensemen Brent Burns, Brett Kulak to new contracts

The first two moves for the Colorado Avalanche after clearing some salary cap space are familiar ones.

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Going to be a historic night for DU. Daxon Rudolph and Ryan Lin will be 1st-round picks, and the Pioneers will have two on the roster for the 1st time … ever. It’s not just them. The Pios are recruiting, program building at a new level. ‘Pedal to the floor’ www.denverpost.com/2026/06/25/d...

NHL Draft: DU Pioneers likely to have two first-round picks on Friday night, a first in school history

It is very likely to be a historic evening Friday night for the University of Denver hockey program.

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Jotted down some thoughts on the complicated #Avs tenure for Val Nichushkin and his former club moving forward …

#Avs had 17 of the top 20 guys from last year under contract on June 15 plus an RFA and less than $3 mil in cap space. They now have 15 of the top 20 plus 2 young Fs, a glaring hole in the top 6 and a shade less than $11 mil in space. And Val Nichushkin is gone. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/25/a...

Avalanche trade Valeri Nichushkin to Columbus, continue offseason shakeup

Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche continue to shake up the roster, and this is the biggest move yet.

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#Avs continue their offseason makeover, send Valeri Nichuhskin to Columbus for three draft picks www.denverpost.com/2026/06/25/a...

Avalanche trade Valeri Nichushkin to Columbus, continue offseason shakeup

Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche continue to shake up the roster, and this is the biggest move yet.

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The center position for the #Avs is a microcosm of the roster at large. Are they more talented and deeper than arguably any other team? Yeah. Are there questions, ranging from age to playoff performance to contracts? Yep. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/18/a...

State of the Avalanche: Center depth, talent is among NHL’s best, but there are questions

Colorado’s centers are obviously a big reason why the ‘Stanley Cup or bust’ expectations will remain next season.

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Ross Colton is the first transaction of the Joe Sakic 2.0 era for the #Avs. He's the first wing from a deep, talented group that is moving on. Will he be the last, or will Sakic and Co. just slot one of Brindley, Hughes or Makar in for Colton? www.denverpost.com/2026/06/17/a...

State of the Avalanche: Ross Colton might not be alone in potential shakeup on the wings

The place to look for where newly named general manager Joe Sakic might shake up this roster for next season is on the wings.

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Joe Sakic's first move after returning to the #Avs GM chair is a trade with the guy who used to sit in it. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/16/a...

Joe Sakic’s Avalanche trade Ross Colton to Chris MacFarland’s Predators

There was speculation that Chris MacFarland would trade Ross Colton dating back to at least last offseason.

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Joe Sakic's first move after returning to the #Avs GM chair is a trade with the guy who used to sit in it. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/16/a...

Joe Sakic’s Avalanche trade Ross Colton to Chris MacFarland’s Predators

There was speculation that Chris MacFarland would trade Ross Colton dating back to at least last offseason.

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Next up in our State of the #Avs series ... the defense corps. Whatever level of patience and stability Joe Sakic truly believes his club need this offseason, he’s got some work to do with the defense corps. Four of the top eight guys are UFAs. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/16/a...

State of the Avalanche: Core group is strong, but there’s work needed to solidify defense corps

Whatever level of patience and stability Joe Sakic truly believes the Colorado Avalanche need this offseason, he’s got some work to do with the defense corps.

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The parallels between the embarrassing behavior of some high-ranking people at Texas Tech while caping for a kid only to have him bail on them anyway and ... ... the embarrassing behavior by some while caping for the guy at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave only to get hung out to dry sure does feel similar.

Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby plans to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft, a source tells @chrisvannini.com. The news comes one week after a Lubbock County judge barred the NCAA from preventing Sorsby from playing for violating NCAA gambling rules.

Brendan Sorsby to enter NFL Supplemental Draft: Source (Gift Article)

The news comes one week after a Lubbock County judge barred the NCAA from preventing Sorsby from playing for violating NCAA gambling rules.

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the uae is releasing 10 billion to iran. qatar cut a deal to keep from being attacked. the us is so screwed in the middle east and is going to come out of this in a situation much, much worse than the status quo was. a historically stupid own goal by a historically stupid administration

It was a great year for the #Avs in net ... right up until the part that left some questions about the future. There is stability with 'The Lumberyard' for at least one more season, and Ilya Nabokov's North American debut to look forward to. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/15/a...

State of the Avalanche: Even after Jennings Trophy, Colorado needs more from Mackenzie Blackwood

The goaltending position is a near-perfect reflection of where the Colorado Avalanche stand heading into the summer of 2026.

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