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@ColHockeyNow Beat Writer/Editor-in-Chief - @thePHWA / Pearl Jam and James Bond superfan. Threads: evan.rawal Email: evanrawal @gmail .com

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Evan Rawal

1 year

Well, the news is out there: I’m taking over @ColHockeyNow . This is a big change for me, but I’ve got huge plans for the site, bringing the Avs coverage everyone wants. It’ll feel good to be back in the press box and in the locker room covering the team daily.

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2 years

Shoutout to MacKinnon, who apparently can see the future.

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2 years

9 points in 4 games and winning the head to head matchup against McJesus. Cale Makar. BUILT. DIFFERENT.

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2 years

Erik Johnson and some guy with the Cup.

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2 years

Sam Girard healing nicely. 🎥: @SteaminCman

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2 years

Wayne Gretzky says the only guy he can compare to Cale Makar, with both his offense and defense, is Bobby Orr. 👀

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2 years

A Joe Sakic fist pump?!?

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2 years

🥳 #StanleyCup

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7 months

Gabriel Landeskog was in Buffalo with his team, and also took some time to deliver a gift to a friend.

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2 years

Good luck up against this top four next season. #GoAvsGo

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2 years

The OG’s

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2 years

The Avs are on a five day bender and don’t look like they’re slowing down at all. Bednar had this team in tip-top shape for everything. Coach of the year.

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6 months

Erik Johnson gets a big cheer when he comes out for warmups. His #1 fan is here.

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2 years

“The Lightning will be a lot tougher in game two.” The Lightning in game two:

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1 month

Georgiev getting the ESPN interview, and all his teammates giving him love heading into the locker room. “Big one, Georgie!”

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2 years

They let that fan get the Cup for a day.

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11 months

Ryan Johansen and Ross Colton, the new 2 and 3C’s, will cost the Avs $8M this year. J.T. Compher and Alex Newhook signed contracts with their new teams for a combined total of…$8M.

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2 years

Gabe Landeskog when asked what other teams can take away from the Avs winning. “Find your Cale Makar somewhere” Truth.

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2 years

The Avs managed to lose a game where MacKinnon went superhuman, but then went on to win a game where their goalie did this. Hockey.

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5 months

This is a development. Gabriel Landeskog is skating.

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5 months

Just incredible. Hockey porn.

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5 months

Oh my goodness what a defensive play by Devon Toews on the OT winner. Just perfection against Robertson. MacKinnon wins it on a breakaway. 5-4 Avs.

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2 years

Last night, and this entire postseason, have proven that Gabriel Landeskog is everything to this team. You put him on any line, that line automatically just works. He’s the safety blanket for all of his linemates. Kadri can’t take faceoffs? Landeskog steps in and dominates.

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1 year

Big news: Bowen Byram is on the ice.

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1 year

Gabriel Landeskog is back on the ice.

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5 months

Nathan MacKinnon’s most dominant 2023 stat: He finished the calendar year with 80 points at 5-on-5. The next closest player was McDavid, who had 59.

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2 years

Just happy for Erik Johnson. Committed to the organization, fought through hell to come back and play a big role in this Cup run. Always a pleasure to speak to in the locker room.

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2 years

These two decided to head East rather than deal with Cale Makar. I don’t blame them. #Avs

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2 years

Great, now I’m pregnant.

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Colorado Avalanche

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It's almost time. #GoAvsGo

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1 month

A 3 assist game for Casey Mittelstadt. Yes, the Avalanche have a 2C, and he's very, very good. 5-2, Colton.

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2 years

Bowen Byram cannot be stopped.

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2 years

Bowen Byram in round 2: 67.02% ES shot share ( #1 on team) 79.31% ES high danger chance share ( #1 on team) 5 assists (3 primary, tied for team lead) 18 shots on goal He has arrived.

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2 years

Cale Makar did not look like Cale Makar tonight, so Bowen Byram decided to turn into Cale Makar.

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28 days

This gets cooler and cooler the more I watch it. If I could do this or afford it (I can’t), I’d do it too.

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1 year

Remember immediately after the Game 7 loss to San Jose with the offsides call, how Gabe Landeskog stood in front of everyone and took the blame? Some leaders are built a little different.

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Saad Yousuf

1 year

Jamie Benn declined to speak to the media after the game.

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2 years

Blackhawks players realizing they have to do this 81 more times

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1 year

The rest of the Western Conference right now.

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1 year

Jordan Eberle avoids a hearing because the man he hit from behind into the boards is the most indestructible player in the NHL. Most dangerous hit in hockey.

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28 days

A team that has done it before.

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1 month

“Everyone’s so big. I try to hit, but they not falling.” Kovalenko got word yesterday he might be needed.

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2 years

The Calgary Flames open their regular season against…the Colorado Avalanche.

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21 days

That’s the third time this season the Avs have come from behind to beat Dallas in their own barn.

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21 days

Miles Wood, OT WINNER.

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Evan Rawal

3 months

Gabriel Landeskog skating prior to practice, and I have to say, moving quite well.

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2 years

I can’t remember what happened the last time the Avs played the Blues oh wait

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3 years

Ryan Graves looking like he just left the moshpit at an AFI concert in 2001.

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15 days

I see I'm catching strays. Oh well. When it comes to reports about someone's personal life, I'd rather get it right than make sure I'm first.

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1 year

Bednar on Eberle not getting a hearing… “I don’t know. I can’t figure it out anymore. I don’t even try.”

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2 years

Round 1 ✅

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2 years

Why does that goal happen? Because the Avs can run 4 lines. O’Connor mattered.

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5 months

Sam Girard will return tomorrow. I asked him how important it was for him to be as open and honest as he was with his statement. Great answer from him. “I was tired of hiding everything.”

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3 months

A simple reminder that Valeri Nichushkin is a bigger addition than anyone the Avs can possibly trade for. Last year, they were 39-8-6 with him, and 12-16-1 without him. This year, they're 26-11-3 with him, and 9-8-2 without him.

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5 months

Cale Makar cheering on Landeskog from the bench, while Mikko Rantanen watches from the perch.

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5 months

This is a development. Gabriel Landeskog is skating.

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2 years

The Lightning did not register a single shot attempt in game two when either Nikita Kucherov or Victor Hedman were on the ice against Devon Toews and Cale Makar.

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1 year

Gabriel Landeskog was in the building for the win.

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1 month

can he play goalie

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1 month

First of many! Congrats, Kovi!🎉

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2 years

Nazem Kadri on the racist threats to TNT - “Unfortunately I’ve been dealing with that for a long time. It’s sad to say, but that’s just the fact of the matter.” Said it’s a big deal but tries to act like it’s not. “For those that hate, that was for them.”

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2 months

All three of Nathan MacKinnon's goals are just absurd. You simply cannot defend a guy moving that fast with the puck. It's not fair.

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3 years

Just a quick announcement on my part… I will be stepping away from the Avs beat for a little while. Tomorrow, my daughter is having her third hip surgery, as she was born with hip dysplasia. She’ll be casted and immobile for 6 weeks, so I need to focus on taking care of her.

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2 years

Kane to the locker room for an early diaper change.

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2 years

Forever a legend #Avs

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1 year

Keith Kinkaid got some new pads.

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5 months

Never take being able to watch stars like this on a nightly basis for granted.

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"When MacKinnon's line gets out there with Makar and Toews ... that's not the NHL. That's another league." Sheldon Keefe with about as high of praise as you can give for the Avs top guns 🎙️

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1 year

This team misses one man badly.

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28 days

Bowness on the Avs... "Their intensity and their speed went way up from the regular season. They've won a Stanley Cup, and it showed itself this series."

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3 months

I know the Avalanche made other moves, but the Mittelstadt/Johansen swap at the center ice position looks gargantuan already. They're back to having all four lines that can skate and play the way they want to play.

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3 months

Valeri Nichushkin has been cleared to return to the Avs. Big news.

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NHL Public Relations

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Valeri Nichushkin ( @Avalanche ) cleared by NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program to resume practicing with team.

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Evan Rawal

2 years

Who cares if someone is a fairweather fan? Seriously, who cares? People have lives outside of hockey. And if you become a hockey fan because of a run like this, great! There’s room for everyone. You can’t grow the game if you immediately dismiss the non-diehards.

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7 months

I did get to the bottom of one thing today - Why Devon Toews sits on the floor. He said you sit on the bench or chairs so much with your legs at 90 degrees, that it’s a nice change-up to sit on the floor and stretch your legs out. #InvestigativeJournalism

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2 years

Jared Bednar is a god damn saint.

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8 months

If you plan on being a contender, you simply can't let a defenseman like this walk for nothing. There will always be concerns signing someone late into their 30's, but Devon Toews is a top flight defenseman in this league.

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6 months

Wishing Sam Girard the absolute best.

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CAA Hockey

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A statement from CAA Hockey client Sam Girard.

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Erik Johnson with some kind words on social media for Pavel Francouz.

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1 year

There are multiple youth teams in town from out of state. Cale Makar just stopped, took pictures with a ton of them, and chatted them up. One of them walked away saying “Cale freaking Makar”

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2 years

So ESPN shows Tampa was complaining about a non issue.

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2 months

Wow. Lehkonen will haunt Oilers fans dreams again. MacKinnon finds him in front with 0.5 seconds left. Avs win 3-2.

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4 months

Asked MacKinnon if the “MVP!” chants mean anything to him, but he doesn’t want to get his hopes up.

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7 months

Nathan MacKinnon is WIRING pucks top shelf this morning. Even the handful of Devils players watching the Avs skate let out an audible gasp on one of his shots.

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3 months

Also, important to note that the Avalanche are actually GAINING cap space with these moves. Both Mittelstadt and Walker make less than the guys they were traded for.

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2 months

Yakov Trenin told me about how he housed young Russian players in Nashville for full summers to help them adjust to NA. He said he’s meeting Kovalenko tonight for dinner at Ivan Prosvetov’s house.

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2 years

The Avs goal scorers tonight proved that thumbs are the most overrated finger on the body.

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2 years

Nichushkin is going to be a very rich soon. What a pass on the winner.

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2 months

Nathan MacKinnon’s 121 points passes Joe Sakic’s 120 point season back in 1995-96. New Avalanche franchise record for points in a season.

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3 years

Did O’Reilly’s comment about winning the series motivate the Avs? “Yeah, it did.” - Gabe Landeskog

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2 years

He opposing team has not registered a shot on net against the Avs at even strength with Darren Helm on the ice in two of the last three games. Can’t ask for much more from a fourth liner.

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1 month

All The Small Things has returned.

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Evan Rawal

3 years

Everyone hug their dogs for me. I had to say goodbye to mine tonight. They’re the best, and we don’t deserve them.

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1 month

Nikolai Kovalenko has been added to the Avalanche roster. 👀👀👀

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3 months

Cale Makar, Hat Trick. He’s back to being…built different. 5-2.

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2 years

Gabriel Landeskog making a speech while shirtless at the Stanley Cup parade is the peak of humanity.

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1 year

Nathan MacKinnon finishes the season with 42 goals, 69 assists (nice), and 111 points. 1.56 PPG. Highest PPG season in Avalanche franchise history.

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4 months

That’s Artturi Lehkonen’s music you hear.

@Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche

4 months

We have reassigned F Jason Polin to the Colorado Eagles.

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2 years

Built different. #Norris

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1 year

Nazem Kadri is loved in Denver.

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Evan Rawal

2 months

I don’t know if the Avs can afford Jonathan Drouin after this year, but whatever he gets, he’s earned it. The growth of his all-around game has been wild to watch.

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1 year

Josh Manson should be good to go for Tuesday, and we’ll await word on Makar (I anticipate him playing), but if he does, the Avs will dress all of Makar, Toews, Byram, Girard, and Manson in the same game for the first time since November 4. That’s 165 days.

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2 years

21 shot attempts in a single game? BUILT. DIFFERENT.

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MacKinnon on the injuries: “With Val and Landy, we’d like to have two of the best wingers in the league. Mikko’s okay, I guess.”

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1 year

Gabriel Landeskog showing off his rehab, and MacKinnon has some words for anyone who doubts the Captain.

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4 months

Both Lehkonen and Byram WILL play tonight, per Bednar on @AltitudeSR

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3 months

Justus Annunen with his second straight shutout of the Blackhawks. Yes, they’re bad. Very bad. But you can only play who they put you out there against, and he’s doing his thing. 60 straight saves. 5-0 Avalanche win.

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