coloradoavalancheblog.com - 7/7/2009
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The Avalanche announced a slew of signings over the weekend. David Jones, Darren Haydar, Chris Durno, Matt Hendricks, Brian Willsie and Saskatoon native Tyler Weiman are all back with the franchise. AD has scooped us up the contract numbers for David Jones . The rest should be minimal value and ...
The Northwest So Far - Colorado Avalanche
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — This is the second of my team evaluations for the Northwest division. I'm going to be taking a look at the budget for each team for both the upcoming season and the 2010-2011 season as well as looking at each of their significant moves over the last month. In terms of budget expectations, I ...
How Did The Colorado Avalanche Do At The Draft?
milehighhockey.com 6/29/2009 —
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I believe Angelique is working on a review of the Avalanche draft, which is good because she clearly knows what she's talking about ...
Colorado Avalanche to Sign Former Griffins Captain
coloradoavalancheblog.com 7/4/2009 — Geore Malik is reporting that a Swedish paper is reporting that the Colorado Avalanche are about to sign former Grand Rapid Griffins captain, Darren Haydar . Grand Rapids is Detroit's AHL affiliate and we've seen the products they churn out. Haydar put up 80 points in 79 games this season ...
Post-Draft Thoughts - Avalanche Look to Major Junior
coloradoavalancheblog.com 6/28/2009 — Once the smoke had cleared, the Avalanche got their guy - Matt Duchene - and added an additional forward, three defencemen and two goalies. Round 1 (3) - Matt Duchene (C, Brampton Battalion) Round 2 (33) - Ryan O'Reilly (F, Erie Otters) Round 2 (49) - Stefan Elliot (D, Saskatoon Blades) Round 3 ...
Colorado Avalanche Draft Preview
viewfrommyseats.com 6/17/2009 — What the hell happened? It was only 12 months ago when the Colorado Avalanche were coming off a 95 point season, 2nd place finish in the Northwest Division and an opening round win against the Minnesota Wild in the playoffs. Fast forward one calendar year—they have the highest draft pick since ...
Nowhere to go but up
thehockeyprogram.net 7/9/2009 — Today’s official announcement of Joe Sakic’s retirement got me thinking back to when the Colorado Avalanche was a mainstay atop the Western Conference standings for almost a decade. The Avs moved to Denver from Quebec with an array of talent, including Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Adam Foote; ...
Avalanche Alert
playerpress.com 7/9/2009 — With the signing of former Florida Panther goalie Craig Anderson the Colorado Avalanche are showing the motivation to gain key players, and fix the huge goalie gap.
Avalanche Signs Matt Duchene
digitalsportsdaily.com 7/16/2009 — The Colorado Avalanche have signed first-round draft choice Matt Duchene to a three-year, entry-level contract.
“Matt is an integral part of our future,” said Avalanche General Manager Greg Sherman. “He is a very skilled, two-way player with a strong work ethic and great character. We’re ...
Source: Sakic Will Retire After 20 NHL Seasons —
NYT > Hockey 7/7/2009
DENVER (AP) -- Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche's longtime captain who led the team to two Stanley Cup titles, will retire Thursday and end his 20-year NHL career, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
Sakic to retire after 20 NHL seasons (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 7/7/2009
Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche's longtime captain who led the team to two Stanley Cup titles, will retire Thursday and end his 20-year NHL career, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of ...