Ryan Smyth Shocker
Mile High Hockey — ... your car door. Fucking clown. A few miles later I run into the dumbass in a Jeep who has an urgent need to pull out in front of me so that he can drive 20 mph under the speed limit. So, I'm already a little wound up as it is. Imagine my utter joy to find that the Avalanche have traded their best and most consistent player last year, someone who plays a position (LW) that is a gaping hole for the team, and they've traded him to the Kings for two meh defensemen (Tom Preissing and Kyle Quincey) and a 5th round pick. That's. ...

What Could Have Been: Colorado Avalanche deals ex-Islander Ryan Smyth to Los Angeles
Lighthouse Hockey — ... Well how about that. The Colorado Avalanche just dealt Ryan Smyth to the Los Angeles Kings for defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing, plus a fifth-round pick. That the Avs have given up on the still-effective Ryan Smyth now, after the club bottomed out this past season, underlines just how lucky the Islanders are that Smyth chased greener, higher altitude pastures in the summer of 2007. The Islanders inadvertently faced reality as a result, and they're better for it now. I'll admit it: I was ...

The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Smyth Trade]
Mile High Hockey — ... and Tom Preissing added. Now all we have to do is give away one of our defensemen and find a couple of top-line wingers and we'll be in great shape! ...

One Hell Of A Week
Mile High Hockey — ... ) and a severely overpaid one (Tom Preissing). The Avalanche save a few million bucks, and we're left wondering what hit us. ...

The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated]
Mile High Hockey — ... Kyle Quincey 0.525 Res Kyle Cumiskey § 0.523 Tom Preissing 2.750 ...

The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Cumiskey]
Mile High Hockey — ... Kyle Quincey 0.525 Res Kyle Cumiskey 0.600 Tom Preissing 2.750 ...

The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Some Duchene Kid]
Mile High Hockey — ... Kyle Quincey 0.525 Res Kyle Cumiskey 0.600 Tom Preissing 2.750 ...

A Quick And Early Look At The Northwest Division Rivals
Nucks Misconduct — ... letting injury-prone Marian Gaborik go and then acquiring injury-prone Martin Havlat. I don't care if Havlat played 81 games last season. Look at his track record. Plus it was a contract year. Let's start placing bets on how many games he plays this year. I'll start the betting with 55 games. The Wild need more help up front, and they may just get that as trading Josh Harding is imminent. Better or Worse? Worse COLORADO AVALANCHE IN: D Tom Preissing,  D Kyle Quincey, G Craig Anderson, and ...

Snoozeday Thread: Trying To Stay Conscious
Mile High Hockey — ... and Tom Preissing was a brilliant move, and gives the Avalanche an off-season grade of A-.  If he says so.  ...

Michael Vernace Reportedly Signs With Atlanta
Mile High Hockey — ... , Tom Preissing and Jim Fahey (*giggle*) would have negated that opportunity (which leads me to believe the Smyth deal was already in the works in late June). Still, sorry to see Vernace go - I don't think this is quite in the "lost-asset" category that we're putting ...

(New) Avalanche by the Numbers
Mile High Hockey — ... Quincey got his #4 but then he got all waived and stuff. When he got the the Kings, he had an issue. He couldn't take #4, because that was Rob Blake's number; Blake wasn't with the Kings at the time, but I don't imagine they're going to be handing that out anytime soon. #45 was taken by Jonathan Bernier. Quincey ended up with #27. #4 is taken with the Avs, but #27 is likely his if he wants it. Or maybe he can fight Chris Durno for #45? Tom Preissing wore #20 in college (that sure looks like a #0, ...

Avalanche By The Numbers: 2009 Edition
Mile High Hockey — ... is going with #28 (can he grow some cool facial hair?) and Tom Preissing is indeed going to wear a number other than #42 for the first time in the NHL; Preissing takes #20 as ...

NHL Offseason Winners & Losers: Western Conference
Canes Country — ... and Tom Preissing. Yes, Smyth's $7 million-plus salary was a burden, but right now there is no proven face to the Colorado franchise — except maybe ...

Season Review: Jack Johnson
Battle of California — ... Johnson had the highest even strength goals against per 60 minutes of any defenseman not named Tom Preissing last year, and it followed him no matter who he was playing with.  He played with Matt Greene for most of the year, and I think Greene actually did a fairly decent job of covering Johnson's mistakes, but Greene's overall stats suffered.  He played with Drew Doughty for a while, and Doughty's play suffered.  He played with ...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Mile High Hockey — ... D L 24 5' 11" 190 √ √ AHL USA √ 20 Tom Preissing  D R 30 6' 1" ...

Camp Wrap-Up
Mile High Hockey — ... depending on who you ask). 3 guys - all forwards - have been cut; Josh Aspenlind, Patrick Bordeleau and David Marshall. All 3 are under contract with Lake Erie, not Colorado. The NHL waiver period begins on Saturday. From that point on, some players will need to clear waivers before going to Lake Erie. There are 9 waiver eligible players without jobs locked up by my count, the most notable being Kyle Cumiskey and Tyler Weiman. Tom Preissing did not take place in any of the three scrimmages this week. AD ...

Shawn Bates Released
Mile High Hockey — ... Fritsche and Cedric McNicoll were sent to Lake Erie, goalies Peter Delmas and Brandon Maxwell were reassigned to their junior clubs as were defensemen Samuel Finn and Patrick Cusack. The Avalanche now have 49 players in camp. 43 of them are listed on the roster for the Burgundy and White scrimmage tomorrow night. For those wondering who is still in camp but not playing tomorrow, I've already gone through the list for you: D Tom Preissing D Brett Skinner D Ruslan ...

Updated Rosters
Mile High Hockey — ... 5' 11"  190 √ √ AHL  USA √ 20 Tom Preissing   D  R ...

More Cuts
Mile High Hockey — ... 5' 11"  190 √ √ AHL  USA √ 20 Tom Preissing   D  R ...

2009-10 Colorado Avalanche Season Preview
Mile High Hockey — ... since the franchise joined the NHL in 1979. The bright spots? The team was 9-4 in shootouts and an inexplicable 20-0-2 when leading after two periods. Who's In: The Avalanche were all about cutting payroll this summer, and didn't go hog wild in free agency market. The only two notable free agent signings were goalie Craig Anderson from Florida and enforcer David Koci from Tampa. New GM Greg Sherman also acquired defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing from the Kings in a trade for Ryan Smyth. Oh, ...

2009-10 NHL Season Preview: Colorado Avalanche
From The Rink — ... Who's in: Craig Anderson, David Koci, Tom Preissing, Kyle Quincey Who's out: Tyler Arnason, Ben Guite, Ian Laperriere, Cody McCormick, Andrew Raycroft, Joe Sakic, Ryan Smyth, Daniel Tjarnqvist Outlook: Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE ...

Avalanche Roster Down to 29
Mile High Hockey — ... Wes O'Neill and Brett Skinner to the Monsters. Certainly, no surprises there. But, again, the surprise in my eyes is that Kyle Cumiskey did not get demoted and now must clear waivers if he gets sent to Lake Erie going forward. Does that mean he makes the team? Right now, the Avalanche have 10 defensemen in camp, including Cumiskey. Brett Clark, Scott Hannan, Adam Foote, Kyle Quincey, John-Michael Liles, Ruslan Salei and Tom Preissing figure to be locks at this point with Cumiskey, Ryan Wilson ...

Avs make two more cuts; reduce roster to 27
Mile High Hockey — ... current 27 man roster down to the 23 man opening night roster.  Tyler Weiman, Derek Peltier, and Chris Durno are probably three of the obvious choices.  As has been said, most all teams are set in their goaltending.  So, the risk of losing Weiman via waivers is minimal.  Peltier is not eligible for waivers while Durno is.  Other bubble players could include: T.J. Galiardi, Matt Hendricks, Ryan O'Reilly, Kyle Cumiskey, or even Tom Preissing. I think that at this point, Galiardi's spot on the ...

Least Surprising News of the Day
Mile High Hockey — Tom Preissing is out 4 to 6 weeks with that nagging knee injury. Welcome to the club, Kyle Cumiskey!

SBNation NHL Season Preview: Your 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings
Battle of California — ... playoffs again.     Who's In: Justin Williams (RW- trade, CAR), Ryan Smyth (LW- trade, COL), Rob Scuderi (D- UFA, PIT) Who's Out: Patrick O'Sullivan (RW- trade, EDM), Kyle Quincey (D- trade, COL), Derek Armstrong (C- UFA, STL), Jason Labarbera (G- UFA, Phoenix), Denis Gauthier (D- UFA, shot into Sun), Kyle Calder (LW- UFA, ANA), Tom Preissing (D- COL), Brian Boyle (C- Trade, NYR) ...

2009-10 NHL Season Preview: Los Angeles Kings
From The Rink — ... Who's in: Robert Scuderi, Ryan Smyth Who's out: Derek Armstrong, Brian Boyle, Kyle Calder, Dan Cloutier, Denis Gauthier, Tom Preissing, Kyle Quincey Outlook: GM Dean Lombardi aimed to accelerate his rebuilding plan in the summer, and while his search for a first-line winger in free agency went unfulfilled, he managed to land Ryan (Captain Canada) Smyth from the Avs for promising youngster Kyle Quincey and spare part Tom Preissing. Also on the way in is useful ...

Opening Night Avalanche Roster Appears Set
Mile High Hockey — ... is still at 24, but Tom Preissing is expected to be placed on IR sometime before Thursday. The Avalanche will still have an opportunity to claim someone from waivers as other teams make their cuts, but I don't expect that to happen. ...

Trade Alex Frolov
Battle of California — ... repeat myself and the whole thing sort of collapses on itself like a dying star towards the end, but I figured I'd just publish it anyway.    This is the first time I've ever been less than 100% behind Dean Lombardi.  I was behind him when he cast Mike Cammalleri out of LA, and I was behind him when he dismissed Lubomir Visnovsky a few days before his no-trade clause kicked in.  I rationalized the signing of Dan Cloutier and Tom Preissing, the contract given to Jarret Stoll, the overpaying ...

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game 8
Hockey Wilderness — ... - Marek Svatos Cody McLeod - T.J. Galiardi - David Jones David Koci - Ryan O'Reilly - Matt Hendricks Defense Scott Hannan - Adam Foote Brett Clark - Kyle Quincey Tom Preissing - Kyle Cumiskey ...

Game 10 Preview: Hurricanes at Avalanche
Mile High Hockey — ... hogs left now are Ray Emery and Martin Brodeur. Cody McLeod is out tonight (and tomorrow night) with the eye injury. Hopefully he'll be okay for the West Coast trip next week. Chris Stewart has been recalled after two scoreless games in Lake Erie; either he or TJ Hensick will replace McLeod in the lineup tonight (I think it'll be Hensick as he hasn't played in about 2 weeks). John-Michael Liles has started practicing again, but is not ready yet. Tom Preissing is skating, but not practicing. Ruslan Salei ...

Game 11 Preview: Red Wings at Avalanche
Mile High Hockey — ... but was an excellent addition to the Red Wings - Avalanche non-rivarly. The venerable Wings hit the buffet early, but then lost steam and ultimately packed it in for the night while the young whippersnappers from Denver cut circles into the lawn with with their Harleys. Okay, that may have been one of the most ridiculous analogies in the history of bad blogging analogies, but it's out and I'm not turning back now. The Avalanche have a slew of players out: Ruslan Salei, Tom Preissing, Cody McLeod, John-Michael Liles, Peter ...

The Avs' Current Lineup
Mile High Hockey — ... started Saturday's delectable game with...   Jones - Stastny - Hejduk Wolski - Duchene - Svatos Galiardi - O'Reilly - Stewart Koci - Hensick - Hendricks Extra: Brian Willsie, Chris Druno IR: Cody McLeod (10/21), Darcy Tucker (10/23)   Quincey - Hannan Cumiskey - Foote Wilson - Clark IR: John-Michael Liles, Ruslan Salei, Tom Preissing   Anderson Budaj ...

Various Avalanche Moves and Injury Updates
Mile High Hockey — ... On the walking wounded front, Tom Preissing took part in full-contact practice for the first time this season which means we'll soon have an answer to the following question: What the hell are we going to do with Tom Preissing? ...

Game 17 Recap: Avalanche 4 - Blackhawks 3 (SO)
Mile High Hockey — ... Johnny Hot Pocket was injured in the game. Tom Preissing was sent to Lake Erie on Thursday for a conditioning assignment, so it stands to reason that he'd be available if Lile's injury will cause him to miss time. ...

Game 18 Preview: Oilers at Avalanche
Mile High Hockey — ... . He is day to day with a shoulder injury suffered in the Chicago game. We wondered out loud if the Avalanche would recall Tom Preissing from his conditioning assignment to replace Liles tonight, and our question was ...

Colorado Avalanche Prospects Weekly
Mile High Hockey — ... .  The Monsters have also received the services of Tom Preissing.  He had an assist with the club in his first game, but isn’t expected to spend more than a week with the Monsters.  ...

Game 19: Avalanche at Blackhawks
Mile High Hockey — ... Tom Preissing is back with the club after a two-game visit to Lake Erie. Joe Sacco has said he hasn't made up his mind yet as to whether it will be Preissing or ...

Game 20 Preview: Canucks at Avalanche
Mile High Hockey — ... a game Joe Sacco has called "must win" (geez, he throws that phrase around like our own Joe does). But this game is really about one thing: the jerseys. The Avs wear their new revenue source third jerseys tonight for the first time. We've all seen them by now, but this will be our first chance to see them on the ice. For those of us who can stay up that late, that is. (For the record, no recap from me tonight) Craig Anderson will start for the Avs. Tom Preissing could make his season debut (I think he will) and Milan ...

OK, So The Canucks CAN Score
Nucks Misconduct — ... Christian Ehrhoff, Willie Mitchell and Sami Salo -Ryan Johnson, who had 7 assists last year, tallied 3 against the Avs. -Henrik Sedin scored his first hat trick in 667 games played. -8 Canucks had multi-point games. Steve Bernier's hand got softer, as he scored 2 goals. -Legendary Canuck-killer Milan Hejduk played over 17:00, had zero points and 2 shots. Suck it, Milan. -Welcome back to the NHL, Tom Preissing! How's that -4 treating ya? -Colorado outshot the Canucks ...

Colorado Avalanche: What the Hell Happened?
Mile High Hockey — ... . It wasn't so much a knock on Quincey (or Tom Preissing...don't ask me to go there right now) as I felt it was a mistake to trade ...