Today in Colorado Avalanche History
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Sep 11, 2010 4:00 AM MDT
in Today In Colorado Avalanche History
Email
Print
13 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
While it's difficult to know for sure
imo, Craig Billington is the best part of the Avs’ front office. Thanks for being awesome at drafting, dude.
by thedoctor on Sep 11, 2010 11:53 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm so happy we have Biller
I never thought much of him as a goalie, but he’s a hell of an executive.
I met him once, in 1999. Awesome guy.
There's a place out west where the Powder River rolls off the Bighorn Mountains. It's a land of red walls, blue sky, and clean air, where the eagle glides high above the canyons and makes its nest in the rocks that overlook the valleys where the sagebrush and cottonwoods grow. This is ranch country - has been for more than a hundred years.
Well things have changed some since the early days, but there's still a thread of character and tradition that runs true from one generation to the next. You can see it in the way folks out here set a horse; you can hear it in the way they talk. And when the work's all done, there's nothing they like better than to get together at the one room schoolhouse under the red wall for another down home, homegrown, Western Saturday night.
I’m pretty much used to the fact that 99.999% (perhaps an exaggeration) of the Avs’ front office and coaching staff is now made up of former players and expect that, as new folks are hired, they will come from the Avs alumni pool. I wonder how odd it must seem to others around the league, tho.
I just like the fights.
Actually
Don’t quite a few teams do the exact same thing?
Dear Colorado Avalanche: Thank you for the excitement, see you in October.
Except the Red Wings.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Sep 11, 2010 8:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Thats because they take all the old, over the hill players and give them roster spots, not front office spots.
The Savage has spoken. Let it be done
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
by Savage33 on Sep 11, 2010 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
zing!
oh wait, it’s actually true.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Sep 11, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I had to Rec that!
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Sep 12, 2010 7:42 AM MDT up reply actions
I think they do to a point, but the Avs seem to be taking this to a whole new level. Could just be my perception, tho.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Sep 11, 2010 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions
If I recall...
We’re not the ones who hired Chelios without actually having a job title/description for him.
A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another. ~ Jimmy Cannon
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
