Daily Avalanche Danger Zone: Five teams who could be this year’s Avs

Colorado Avalanche

For the gamers out there: Avalanche owners Kroenkes enter esports, buy Overwatch League team. [Sportsnet]

The Colorado Avalanche: An odyssey of idiocy, part 2. The continuation of a previous article that was shared in the link thread. [The Hockey Writers]

Bold Predictions: 2017-18 NHL debuts for the Colorado Avalanche. [MHH]

Finally! A positive article about the Colorado Avalanche. Sure, it’s based on the 1996 Avs... but it still counts, right? The Five best inaugural seasons be expansion or relocated NHL team [The Hockey News]

Down Goes Brown: Five NHL teams who could be this year’s Avalanche. The video is an interview with Matt Duchene discussing what he’s been doing in the offseason and how he burnout in January last season. [Sportsnet]

The Rest of the League

Ex-NHLer Dany Heatley awarded 6.5 million in lawsuit against his former agent. Heatley had filed the lawsuit in 2012! [Calgary Sun]

The Wayne Gretzky Trade: 29 years later. The article says it’s a defining moment for a lot of hockey fans and they could tell you where they were when it occurred... I, mean, I could toddle... so I was probably toddling around somewhere. Do you remember it? I remember the Patrick Roy trade! I’ll also always remember the Foote trade. That moment when he came onto the bench halfway through a period to rejoin the Avalanche? Yeah, that moment. That moment I remember. [TSN]