rick sadowski Stories - Mile High Hockey
Let's Get This Party Started: Avalanche Begin New Season Tonight
The 2008-09 NHL regular season finally begins tonight for the Colorado Avalanche. After a disappointing end to last year and a lackluster off-season (at least on paper), our brave boys in burgundy and blue take to the ice against the Boston Bruins in the Pepsi Center at 8:00 PM Mountain...
What You Could Be Paying For
ESPN.com has a little scam called "Insider," an increased level of access to the site that you have to pay a monthly fee to get. What does this "Insider" deal give you access to? Well, for one, the Rumors page of their hockey site, where you can supposedly find out all kinds of interesting info...
The Top 19 Continued: Three More Suggested Lists
Last week I decided to create the definitive list of the best Avalanche players of all time. Not the best players in general to wear the Burgundy and Blue, but the players who most contributed to the success of the team, whether they played well for other teams at some point or not. I got a ton...
Giguere Flies To Worlds, Maybe To Woo Burns
And no, I didn't say "Boo-urns."This little bit from Rick Sadowski over at the RMN wasn't posted until late yesterday afternoon so I didn't get a chance to link to it, but it's definitely becoming more clear that Avalanche general manager Francois Giguere is shopping his options. Or shoptions, if...
Could Coach Q And Jack Adams Be Reunited?
Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville has been a lightning rod pretty much the entire 2007-08 season. This blog and others have complained about him almost non-stop since game 2 or 3. Readers have been inundating the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post with calls for his head. Even the message...
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