Final Grades 2012
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Ryan O'Reilly
2011 Cap Hit: $900,000 2012 Status: RFA Well, I for one didn't see this season coming for Radar. If you had told me that our lovable 3rd line center would score 55 points at the beginning of...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Paul Stastny
2011 Cap Hit: $6,600,000 2012 Status: 2 years left on the contract To continue on the Milan Hejduk theme from yesterday, Paul Stastny had the most disappointing season of his NHL career. The...
Avalanche Player Grades 2012: Semyon Varlamov
2011 Cap Hit: $2,833,333 2012 Status: Avs #1 goalie moving forward. Colorado's acquisition of precocious netminder Semyon Varlamov was the most shocking move of the NHL's first day of free agency...
Number 39: Who Wore It Best?
I know what you're thinking. Tyler Arnason is #39; everyone else is just a pretender. But, we need to go through the motions here, regardless of how pale everyone else is in comparison. Ken McRae...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Ryan O'Reilly
2011 Cap Hit: $900,000 2012 Status: RFA Well, I for one didn't see this season coming for Radar. If you had told me that our lovable 3rd line center would score 55 points at the beginning of...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Paul Stastny
2011 Cap Hit: $6,600,000 2012 Status: 2 years left on the contract To continue on the Milan Hejduk theme from yesterday, Paul Stastny had the most disappointing season of his NHL career. The...
Avalanche Player Grades 2012: Semyon Varlamov
2011 Cap Hit: $2,833,333 2012 Status: Avs #1 goalie moving forward. Colorado's acquisition of precocious netminder Semyon Varlamov was the most shocking move of the NHL's first day of free agency...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Matt Duchene
How well did Matt Duchene do in 2012?
Avalanche Final Grade: Gabriel Landeskog
2011 Cap Hit: $ 3,575,000 2012 Status: $ 3,575,000 Gabriel Landeskog played in all 82 games for the Colorado Avalanche during his first NHL season. And what a season it was! After being...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Erik Johnson
Final grades continue with a look at Erik Johnson's season.
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Greg Sherman and the Avalanche Front Office
Every year at Mile High Hockey, we spend the early part of the offseason compiling Final Grades for everyone who played for the Colorado Avalanche the previous year, plus the GM and coach. We're...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Steve Downie
Steve Downie #27 / Right Wing / Colorado Avalanche Height: 5-11 Weight: 191 Born: Apr 03, 1987 2011 Cap Hit: $1,850,000 2012 Cap Hit: $1,850,000 Steve Downie...
Fan Pulse: 2012 Avalanche final grade summary
It took us several weeks, but the always-awesome Mile High Hockey community has finally finished giving the Avs their season-ending grades. In order to try to keep everything fairly organized and...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Milan Hejduk
2011 Cap Hit: $3,000,000 2012 Status: UFA It's probably safe to say that this was Milan Hejduk's worst season in his NHL career. His 37 points were a career low and he failed to score 20 goals for...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: David Jones
2011 Cap Hit: $2,500,000 2012 Status: UFA It's probably safe to say David Jones had an inconsistent season with the Avalanche. He managed 20 goals again, after 27 last year, along with 17 assists....
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Peter Mueller
Bueller? Bueller? Come give Avalanche forward Peter Mueller a final grade for 2012.
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Mark Olver
2011 Cap Hit: $850,000 2012 Status: RFA Anyone who was paying attention should have known that the Avalanche banked on Mark Olver for last season. His play during the 2010-2011 season earned him...
Final Grade 2012: Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2011 Cap Hit: $1,250,000 2012 Status: 1 more year left on the contract One of the things I love most about the Avalanche is the organization's willingness to take risks on players other teams...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Ryan Wilson
Ryan Wilson #44 / Defenseman / Colorado Avalanche Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 Born: Feb 03, 1987 2011 Cap Hit: $1,275,000 2012 Status: RFA Wilson was 10th in scoring on the team last season,...
Avalanche Final Grade 2012: Cody McLeod
2011 Cap Hit: $1,150,000 2012 Status: Signed a three-year extension for $3.45 million on Monday, June 4, 2012 Cody McLeod is a pest. His toothless smile as he taunts the other team is a...
