Tag: Jared Bednar
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Avalanche get bigger down the middle, acquire center Nicolas Roy from Toronto
ANAHEIM — The Colorado Avalanche just got even bigger down the middle. The Avalanche on Thursday said they acquired veteran center Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He did not come cheaply, as the Avalanche are sending a conditional 2027 first-round pick to Toronto and a conditional 2026 fifth-round pick. The 2027 first-round pick…
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Gabriel Landeskog looks like old self as Avalanche thrive with captain in lineup | Evan’s take
ANAHEIM — Gabriel Landeskog’s teammates, coach and general manager love where his game is at. Landeskog himself is not satisfied. “I got some stuff to work on, and it’s a work in progress, as it always is,” Landeskog said earlier this week. “Nobody’s a finished product ever. (Just) continue to work, and I’ve felt pretty…
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Avalanche power play starts with clean slate after Olympics break | NHL Insider
As Eddie Vedder once said, it makes more sense to live in the present tense. That’s how Jared Bednar chooses to view his power play. Yes, the Avalanche have the worst power play in the NHL, converting only 15.4% of their chances. That’s in the past, however. After the Olympics break, the Avalanche are looking…
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Tyson Barrie thriving in post-hockey career as his ‘Chilly Ones’ beer arrives in Colorado | NHL Insider
MONTREAL — The transition from NHL player to retirement can be difficult for some. Not for Tyson Barrie, though. He’s thriving. His dream project, “Chilly Ones,” dubbed “the most crushable beer on the planet,” will arrive in Colorado on Monday. Chilly Ones launched in Canada in 2024, but Colorado will be the first stop for…
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How video coach Brett Heimlich became unsung hero of Colorado Avalanche coaching staff
TORONTO — You know Brett Heimlich. You just don’t know what he looks like. Yet the longest-tenured member of the Colorado Avalanche coaching staff is perhaps its most valuable. “We wouldn’t be able to operate without him,” coach Jared Bednar told The Denver Gazette. Heimlich joined the Avalanche one year prior to Bednar’s arrival for…
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Avalanche fall for fourth time in six games, ‘no positives’ in first home regulation loss to Predators
Jared Bednar hasn’t had many reasons to be angry with his team this season. The Avalanche gave him some good ones on Friday night. A sloppy effort from start to finish by the home team led to the Avalanche dropping their first game in regulation at Ball Arena by a score of 7-3 to the…
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Jared Bednar proves why he’s still going strong behind Avalanche bench with Landeskog, Olympics decision | Evan’s take
The next time Gabriel Landeskog plays hockey, he might be donning the Tre Kronor. If that’s the case, the Colorado Avalanche are perfectly OK with it. Ahead of Colorado’s win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar reiterated his squad will be without Landeskog for “weeks” after suffering an upper-body injury on…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Josh Manson’s fists of stones pack such a big wallop for Avs
With fists of fury, Avs defenseman Josh Manson got the rough-and-tumble part of the Gordie Howe hat trick out of the way early. From his first jump over the boards, he took the ice, itching for a fight. Why? “To spark us,” said Manson, explaining his not-so-subtle motive for starting (and finishing) an old-time hockey fight…
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Avalanche, Cale Makar remind Wild who runs the Central Division | Evan’s take
SAINT PAUL – This doesn’t look like a Colorado Avalanche team that needs any extra motivation, but Jesper Wallstedt may have made a rookie mistake in giving them some. “It kind of says that we’re a better team than them,” Wallstedt said after the Wild beat the Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout in November. “We…
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No nights off: Gabriel Landeskog’s availability a pleasant surprise to everyone, even himself | Evan’s take
If Gabriel Landeskog had needed a night off at any point over the last two months, no one would have batted an eye. If anything, most likely expected it. And yet, here we are: the captain of the Colorado Avalanche has played in all 32 games this season after having missed three full seasons. That’s…