All Entries Tagged With: "Adam Foote"
Looking Back: Avs Trade Deadline Day History
Being a fan of the Colorado Avalanche around this time of year has not been for the faint of heart. Former GM (and current team president) Pierre Lacroix has never been terribly shy about pulling the trigger on a trade that he feels will improve his club’s chances. Today, we take a look back at [...]
Clearing the Way for Captain Matt Duchene
Shortly after the Avs made the Chris Stewart for Erik Johnson trade, Avs GM Greg Sherman was on NHL radio to talk about it. One of the things he said that stood out the most to Avs fans was that the Avs were on track with the plan. Plan? Plan to lose as many games [...]
Avalanche Retool the Blueline
I wrote earlier this year that I didn’t expect the defensive prowess of the Avs to improve this year because it was basically unchanged from last year except for the departure of Brett Clark. Yes, Ruslan Salei left for Red Wing territory but he was not a factor last season, logging most of his ice [...]
Avalanche Battling Injuries
The Colorado Avalanche are suddenly up against an unusual number of defensive injuries. Solid newcomer Ryan Wilson is out with a leg injury and captain Adam Foote, Kyle Cumiskey and Kyle Quincey are all out with concussions. Quincey’s injury was reported Tuesday, before the game against the Flames. The Avs, forced to call up a [...]
An Avalanche of Questions
With the 2010-11 NHL season fast approaching I thought I would take a brief look at the Colorado Avalanche and ask a few questions. These are the things that I think will make a difference in the success and failure of the team as the season progresses. There were a lot of stellar performances on [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Peter Mueller Being Traded? Not Likely
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Who should be the next Sharks Captain?
Rob Blake served as San Jose Sharks captain for just one season before retiring. Now the keys to the car are available for the second straight off-season. The question is who takes over? The importance of the little “C” that’s patched to a players sweater is debatable. There’s evidence of a team’s captain being completely [...]
Is Quebec City ready to welcome back the Nordiques?
Fifteen years ago, in 1995, Marcel Aubut sold the Quebec Nordiques to Denver investors after the consortium of owners asked the various levels of governments for help with the team, which they refused. The economy was stagnant, the exchange rate was atrocious, the Nordiques had an old facility (Le Colisée Pepsi ironically), and they were [...]
A tale of two veterans: Foote re-signs, Blake resigns
Adam Foote, who turns 39 in July, has re-signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. This will be Foote’s 19th NHL season. Foote will receive a base salary of $1 million, but the deal includes a number of incentives that could at least double that amount. The veteran defenseman made $3.25 million with Colorado [...]
Predators @ Avalanche
As the Avs head into this game, the thing they need to concentrate on is momentum. They’ve won seven of their last ten. This team has thrived lately on wins, their own as well as that of the Predators. The Preds have won six of their last ten. They’ve recently been on a mini-tour of [...]
Avalanche Split the East Coast Trip
Friday night the Colorado Avalanche continued their road warrior ways, leading the NHL in road games the Avs played back-to-backs at Carolina and Buffalo. Joe Sacco appears to be warming up to the conventional thinking of most coaches of playing the backup in these situations. Previously Sacco has ridden Craig Anderson through nearly every game [...]
Tough Road Trip for Liles, Not Bad for the Avs
The Colorado Avalanche hit the road on a 3-game trip, facing Ottawa, Detroit and Columbus. But for John-Michael Liles, it was a road trip to forget. Youngster Kyle Cumiskey returned to the line up from an injury and Coach Joe Sacco found himself with too many healthy defensemen. Someone had to sit. Not too many [...]
The Avs D needs to get tougher
The Colorado Avalanche have starting goalie, Craig Anderson back in net tonight after missing four games due to an injury inflicted by goalie killer, Keith Ballard. If players continue to run Craig Anderson then I think it’s time a message was sent to the league. And I don’t mean the front office. The Avs take [...]
Avs Eastern Conference Road Trip
The Colorado Avalanche took a three game run through the Eastern conference picking up three points out of a possible six. Not bad, not great. The Avs took it to the Lightning in the first game and Matt Duchene caught fire, seemingly appearing out of nowhere with 7 points in the last 5 games. Chris [...]
