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Rookie Camp Ends, Fun Just Starting For The Avs

So the four-day Avalanche Rookie Camp is over, and some of the guys really worked their asses off.  Chris Stewart, TJ Hensick, Kyle Cumiskey and Cody McLeod were the real standouts, and they all have a good chance of being invited to take part in the real deal, the Avalanche Team Training Camp that starts on Friday.

Another player with at least an outside shot of getting an invite is goalie Tyler Weiman.  In fact, look for two goalies to get invited since Jose Theodore won't be in attendance because of recent knee surgery (and not general suckitude, this time).  

Weiman, while still very much an NHL rookie, is an old vet when it comes to rookie training camps.  This year's edition was his sixth.  In this article over at the Avalanche main site, he talks about what it's like to have attended every camp since 2002, when he was drafted into the team's system.

For more on the Rookie Camp, check out Woodchub's brief summary at the Avalanche message board.

Tomorrow is a big day as the Avalanche unveil their new RBK Edge uniforms.  The new jerseys already made public around the league have been truly hit or miss so far, and the Avalanche could really foul things up if they take too many liberties with a design that's long been a fan-favorite.

Expect a full analysis here, even if it's a little late in the evening.  You'll have to give me time to digest the team's new look, of course, so be patient.  Trust me, if the new uniforms suck, I won't take it easy on the Avs.  Let's hope that's not the case and I have to spend a whole entry drooling on the keyboard.

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The uniforms won't change one bit. It'll be just an adaptation to the new RbK whatever with no design changes.

and that picture is great, the guys painting the Avs logo. Don't you have more of that?

Almost 5,000 miles away... It's the Portuguese Avs Fan!

by LuisAvs on Sep 12, 2007 4:06 AM MDT reply actions  

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The photo is actually from the Avalanche web site.  They have a full gallery of the crew painting the Pepsi Center ice floor here:

Top of the page, first gallery.

As for the Avalanche jerseys not changing one bit, I hope you have some kind of inside connection with the team, because these RBK Edge redesigns have been fairly unpredictable so far.

I hope you're right.

by Joe Dunman on Sep 12, 2007 4:46 AM MDT up reply actions  

Damnit!

Everything pointed towards that direction, that nothing would be changed. No big unveiling party, and Chris at http://nhllogos.blogspot.com/ has been saying that as well. But the jersey actually looks good in my opinion, except for that blue part in the side of the body which I'm not sure if I like. What do you think?

Almost 5,000 miles away... It's the Portuguese Avs Fan!

by LuisAvs on Sep 12, 2007 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions  

new uniform pic

it's the one in the middle:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3...

i like it.  i hated those stripes we had everywhere.  wonder what the white jersey looks like though?

by thedoctor on Sep 12, 2007 10:35 AM MDT reply actions  

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Oh crap.  They went with the stupid "apron" design like the Predators, Panthers and Islanders.  I don't like it.

I'll examine them further later today.

by Joe Dunman on Sep 12, 2007 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions  

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