paul-stastny Stories - Mile High Hockey
Merry Christmas!!!!
Dear Santa, This being the Information Age and all, I figure you're reading this blog right now. How else would a fan located at the North Pole keep up with his favorite team, right? I don't presume to know what NHL team you're a fan of, but of all of the teams, I figure that the Avs' logo and...
Is It Finally Going To Happen?
Could it be? Could it really be happening? You know what I'm talking about! Wait, you don't? Oh, sorry. I'm talking about...STASTNY V STASTNY. When Paul Stastny first donned his beloved #62 for the Avs, his brother Yan was playing for the Bruins. The Avalanche were scheduled to play in Boston in...
Son of Stastny To Stick Around Awhile
Following a common National Hockey League trend, the Colorado Avalanche moved to lock down their brightest young star by signing Paul Stastny to a 5-year, $33 million contract extension yesterday. His base salary of $6.6 million per year (beginning next season) will make him the highest paid...
Bits And Pieces (Of Bone Probably)
I figured I'd toss out a quick post as the week gets started, just to cover some of the latest developments over the weekend. First of all, the kids are already looking vulnerable, but don't despair yet. Paul Stastny left an early scrimmage during training camp with a sore shoulder, but everybody...
Top Avs Of All Time: #14 Paul Stastny
via www.sportsnet.ca It might be a little presumptuous to include a 22 year-old kid on a list of the top players in a team's history, especially if that team has been around longer than a couple of seasons. But sometimes a kid comes along who has so much talent, class and ability that he's...
Avs' Future Through the Draft?
Since the lockout ended and the new CBA was handed down written in blood on the dried skin from Bob Goodenow's carcass, the party line for developing a championship team has been drafting well . The second caveat of that strategy seemed to be trying to draft as many guys who were ready to play...
Wild lose to Avalanche after five day break
Wild 2, Avs 4 The Minnesota Wild lost on the road Sunday night to the Colorado Avalanche, the division leading Colorado Avalanche. The Wild lost the Pepsi Center match-up 4-2. The Av’s Paul Stastny scored twice and got an assist to put him at the 100 point mark in his career. Niklas Backstrom was...
Son Of Stastny, The All-Powerful Part II
Paul Stastny had a case of the yips in the first round against Minnesota, but he shook them off in game 6 against the Wild and then scored a goal and an assist (and had a bunch of close calls) in game 1 against the Red Wings.Was there ever any doubt that he'd start producing? Unlike some fans, we...
Stastny Out With Another Groin Pull
Sure enough, Paul Stastny left the game last night with what the Rocky Mountain News calls a "slight" groin pull. [ADDENDUM: I think it's worth noting that intrepid MHH member Bob in Boulder totally called this during the game last night, and this blog, via his astute observations, was on the case...
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