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After undergoing offseason knee surgery, defenseman Tom Preissing has recovered and will soon finally be able to suit up in his first game for the Colorado Avalanche. The timing couldn't be better. Preissing is known as an offensive defenseman, and he'll be joining a team that has scored only one goal in its last 31 power play chances over the last nine games. He also brings a hard right-handed slap shot from the ...

Matt Duchene, center piece of the Colorado Avalanche rebuild, is struggling. After a very strong start his first 10 games, the third overall selection from the 2009 NHL entry draft have essentially been a ghost. Not only has he been invisible on the ice, but he's not chipping in offensively at all. The first ten games of the season he scored six points. In the eight games since, he only has ...

If you've watched him play at home, you probably think he's a shoe-in for the Hart Trophy. If you've watching him play on the road, you're probably calling for whoever decided to pay him $6.6 million dollars to be shot. Paul Stastny's 2009-2010 campaign is off to a puzzling start. On Pepsi Center ice, he's been brilliant: four goals, 11 points, and a plus-4 rating in only six games played. Subsequently, the ...

Another year, another slew of Peter Forsberg rumors. The Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet is reporting that the former Avalanche star plans to take part in an upcoming tournament for the Karjala Cup.á Once finished, he plans to make a return to the NHL. When asked if he has any teams in mind, Forsberg said "I think everyone knows the clubs involved." Looking at this quote, one can safely assume he's talking about the Flyers ...

The beginning of the season, which featured 11 of 15 games on the road, is over for the upstart Colorado Avalanche. They'll take their 6-3-2 road record every time. Ideally, you want to collect half of the points possible on every road trip and 75 percent of the points possible at home. Doing this would put a team at around 102 points on the season (41 road points, 61 home points), which ...

When Matt Hendricks injured himself in the first period against Detroit, he joined a long list of injured Avalanche players. Currently, the Avalanche have seven players out with injury. The Avalanche haven't officially listed Hendricks as day-to-day, but he only played 1:45 against Detroit. He was in obvious discomfort during a first period shift, and didn't play after that. Even though he's only a fourth-line player, he'll still be sorely missed as injuries ...

In 2004 at the age of 16, Avalanche forward Chris Stewart quit hockey to pursue other interests in life. Right now, Avalanche fans are praying this isn't a repeat. Stewart, drafted 18th overall by the Avalanche in the 2006 NHL draft, came on strong last season when given his first chance to play in the NHL. Though he only averaged 12:19 of ice time per game (25th most on a team of ...

The resurgent Colorado Avalanche found themselves at a surprising 4-1-1 record, with the powerplay atop the league at a 38.4 percent success rate (10/26). Then John-Michael Liles got hurt. In the three games since Liles shoulder injury, suffered against Toronto on October 13, the Avalanche power play has gone 0/9. Even when he's not scoring, the speed and puck moving ability Liles brings to the table help's Colorado control the flow of play, ...

The verdict is in: Matt Duchene will remain with the Colorado Avalanche for the 2009-2010 season. After scoring his first goal in a 4-3 comeback win against Detroit, Avalanche management finalized their decision not to send Matt Duchene back to the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League. This decision comes as no surprise to anyone. Thought it took him eight games to notch his first NHL goal, he was still a ...

Heading into the season, Colorado had a complete log jam at the defense position. Sure, it wasn't the best group of defenders in the league, but picking six of Adam Foote, Scott Hannan, Brett Clark, Tom Preissing, Kyle Quincey, Ruslan Salei, and John-Michael Liles isn't exactly an easy decision. Seven games into the 2009-2010 NHL season, only four of those seven suited up last game versus Montreal. Not unlike the previous ...