It was a busier offseason for the Colorado Avalanche than it might have seemed. There was external pressure to shake up the ...

As we approached the 2024-25 season, a question on everyone's mind was Valeri Nichushkin's return after a six-month ...

A former teammate of Nathan MacKinnon on the Colorado Avalanche is now joining Connor McDavid's called-to-be sidekick on the ...

We’ve passed the halfway point of The Hockey News’ NHL summer splash series – our rankings of the off-season of every NHL ...

They have now been ranked as the NHL’s most efficient spender by analyst Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic. The Lightning were placed ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche in his ...

Whether it's breaking up a big play, setting up a goal or scoring on the power play, some defensemen can do it all. NHL ...

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by Mile High Hockey staff members. Six writers have ranked players under the age of 25 ...

Earlier this year, the NHL revealed Quarter-Century Teams (First Team and Second Team) of six players -- three forwards, two ...

The Avalanche have been plagued by issues in their second line center position, but they made the perfect offseason move to ...

Colorado Avalanche first-round draft pick in the NHL Draft, Cale Makar of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is introduced to reporters during a news conference in the team's locker room in Denver Monday ...

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar looks on during a face-off during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, April 28, 2025.

After 224 picks and what felt like 224 hours later, the NHL draft has come to an end. Picking winners from teams drafting mostly 17 and 18-year-olds is a fruitless endeavor, so it's better to take ...