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Mile High Hockey

Established July 2007


Mile High Hockey was the second hockey blog to join the SB Nation network, and we're proudly the most-visited, most-commented Avalanche blog on the Triple Dub.

All fans are welcome to join, and can contribute to MHH with their own content! See the FanPosts and FanShots sections on the right sidebar.

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Colorado Avalanche Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Joe Sakic fingers 12/03/2008
Kyle Cumiskey shoulder 01/30/2009
David Jones shoulder 01/28/2009

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Tyler Arnason's REAL New Job

"New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms on a two-way contract with free agent forward Tyler Arnason"

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Four-letter's rankings of Prof. Sports Organizations

Doesn't really surprise me that the Avs are 74th, but I got really tickled at the Leafs coming in last out of the NHL.

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Sakic Listed on Canada's Olympic camp roster!

 

On Thursday, Hockey Canada released a roster of 46 players who have been invited to the camp, including five goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 25 forwards. The camp will run from August 24-27 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary.

The list of five goalies includes three-time Olympian Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils), and 2006 Olympian Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks). Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury has been invited, as have Steve Mason (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes). Two-time Stanley Cup champion Chris Osgood was not invited, although many had debated his chances during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Just five of the 16 defencemen invited have Olympic experience: Jay Bouwmeester (Calgary Flames), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks),  Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers), and Robyn Regehr (Calgary Flames). Dion Phaneuf of the Flames gets his shot after being left off the 2006 roster for his youth. Rounding out the mix on defence are: Marc Staal (New York Rangers), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators), François Beauchemin (Anaheim Ducks), Brent Burns (Minnesota Wild), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Stéphane Robidas (Dallas Stars), Mike Green (Washington Capitals), Dan Hamhuis (Nashville Predators), and Chicago Blackhawks duo Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.

 

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby highlights the list of forwards. The group of 25 has 10 from the 2006 Olympic team roster, including Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes), Simon Gagné (Philadelphia Flyers), Dany Heatley (Ottawa Senators), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames), Rick Nash (Columbusn Blue Jackets), Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche), Martin St-Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning), Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning). Youngsters getting a chance are: Jeff Carter (Philadelphia Flyers), Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks), Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins), Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks), Andy McDonald (St. Louis Blues), Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars), Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks) Michael Richards (Philadelphia Flyers), Derek Roy (Buffalo Sabres), Patrick Sharp (Chicago Blackhawks), Ryan Smyth (Colorado Avalanche), Jordan Staal (Thunder Bay, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL) Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL) and Dan Cleary, who has impressed with the Detroit Red Wings. One youngster not included on the list is Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos, who drew attention during his performance at the 2009 world championship.

 

 

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=12421.html?cid=rsstsn

An indication that he will play?  Ryan Smyth is the only other Av listed.

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Day 2: 2009 NHL Free Agency Live Thread

The Bulin Wall is moving to Edmonton. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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The Bulin Wall is moving to Edmonton. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)


Most of us weren't expecting anything earth-shattering from the newly budget-conscious Avalanche, and that's basically what we got. The Avalanche signed just two players yesterday. First, they signed Florida backup Craig Anderson to a 2-year, $3.6 million contract. As I mentioned yesterday, I really like this deal on several levels. Anderson is a talented goalie, but Budaj will also have his opportunity as well. A good signing by Greg Sherman. As MHH community member hockeymom reported, Anderson was in Colorado recently for the 24 Hours of Hockey Aurora Children's Hospital Benefit. Coincidence? The Avalanche also signed enforcer David Koci. I'm not as excited about this one. Perhaps the Avalanche missed the memo that the single-faceted goons are becoming extinct. Teams are moving more towards players who can play a little bit, and fight when called upon. Guys like Ian Laperriere and Cody McCormick. Oops.

So far, it seems clear that the Avalanche are committed to keeping their payroll under control. Whether they are doing this to make more money for Stan Kroenke or if they are just maneuvering to position themselves to grab one of the succulent fruits from the free agent tree next summer (Kovalchuk) remains to be seen. Either way, the purse strings are certainly not open right now, and I suspect Anderson may be the biggest Avalanche signing to date. We've got this live thread going, though, just in case anything happens.

You might also want to keep an eye on Dater's blog as he was the one who broke the Anderson signing long before the ESPN guys could rip him off cite him as a source. He also had the news that Ty Conklin was not coming to Denver and that Brian Willsie is in negotiations with the team (inexplicably). And probably something about Ambien, too, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Oh wait, he also confirmed for us that Michael Vernace and Jason Bacashihua were not given qualifying offers (a bit of a head scratcher, that). Clearly, NH grows some talented Avalanche writers.

Around the NW, the Canucks lost Mathias Ohlund (as expected) but retained the Sedins and still have plenty of money left over to give to Mats Sundin next February. The Wild replaced Marian Gaborik with a cheaper Martin Havlat (a move that I like). The Flames already had acquired Jay Boumeester before the start of free agency. And the Oilers upgraded their team significantly (in my opinion) by signing Nikolia Khabibulin. Four of the five NW teams now have a stud goalie, and divisional games will be tough for the Avs.

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Mile High Hockey free agency cheat sheet.

 

 

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Copper And Blue free agency cheat sheet.

 

 

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Matchsticks & Gasoline free agency cheat sheet.

 

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  • F Martin Havlat (Chi): 5 years / $6 million


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Nucks Misconduct free agency cheat sheet

 

 

Notable Ex-Avs

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The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Anderson And Koci]

The Avs still have some money. As it is right now, they could probably afford both Duchene and Sakic next year...

LW C RW
1 Ryan Smyth * 6.250 Paul Stastny 6.600 Milan Hejduk * 3.900
2 Wojtek Wolski 2.800 Marek Svatos 2.050
3 Chris Stewart 0.850 T.J. Hensick 0.850 David Jones § 0.605
4 Cody McLeod 1.033 Darcy Tucker 2.250
Res David Koci 0.575
D D
1 Scott Hannan * 4.500 John-Michael Liles * 4.200
2 Brett Clark 3.500 Ruslan Salei 3.025
3 Adam Foote * 3.000
Res Kyle Cumiskey § 0.523
G
1 Craig Anderson 1.813
2 Peter Budaj 1.250
Under Contract 19
Estimated Hit 49.573
Estimated Cap 56.800
Cap Space 7.227
Change -2.387
* denotes NTC
§ denotes RFA
Other Notables
F T.J. Galiardi 0.875
F Ryan Stoa 0.850
D Wes O'Neill 0.815
D Ray Macias 0.585
D Derek Peltier 0.512

 

 

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Anderson Right Where He Wants To Be

"The team he wanted to sign with was one of the first to call. And just like that, Craig was a member of the Colorado Avalanche."

While you're there, check out the new site design...

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Colorado Avalanche Signs David Koci


The Avalanche have Czechoslovakian forward David Koci as an unrestricted free agent from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Koci was given a 1-year, $575k deal. Koci is a 6'6" winger who appears to be a pure enforcer - 297 penalty minutes, 2 points and just 18 shots in 64 career NHL games.

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Ian Laperriere Signs With Philadelphia Flyers

Lappy is officially gone. He's signed a 3 year, $3.5 million deal with Philadelphia ($1.17 million per year).

Best of luck to you, Lappy. Thanks for not signing with the Red Wings.

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Northwest Standings

GP W L OTL PT
Vancouver 82 45 27 10 100
Calgary 82 46 30 6 98
Minnesota 82 40 33 9 89
Edmonton 82 38 35 9 85
Colorado 82 32 45 5 69

(updated 4.13.2009 at 10:21 AM MDT)

32 - 45 - 5

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