Nhl today – As the calendar turns to 2025 we will begin to see teams push for the playoffs as most spots solidify and who will have a real chance at the stanley cup or even just a a playoff spot. One team, since making two significant trades to completely change their goalie tandem to mackenzie blackwood and scott wedgewood , mikko rantanen nathan mackinnon cale makar highlights being on another level, and val nichushkin and perhaps gabriel landeskog return on the horizon, after a wild buffalo sabres vs colorado avalanche game that featured a devon toews ot winner , they look pretty legit. For nhl hockey coverage including breakdowns recaps reaction to nhl highlights today , nhl news trades and trade rumors , occasional rankings and all 32 teams content and of course more avs talk especially after those sabres vs avalanche highlights . Nhl 2025
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Yes they are going to be a cup contender
I think the refs made the right call. You can't punish the attacking team when the defending team injures their own goalie. They were right to keep the play going until the Avs took control of the puck.
Don't punish the Sabres for Avs on Avs violence. Carolina game was the same thing, Tkachuk pushes Kotkeniemi into Bobrovskiy and then holds Kotkeniemi down in the crease, preventing his own goalie from making a save. Refs were right to let it play there as well
I don’t buy it. It’s still Blackwood. Still not beating Dallas and Winnipeg will want revenge so they’re going to be tougher 😂
Goaltending has been the problem for years and I'm happy that they have a goalie locked up for term for the first time since varly. Now they just need a center to win some faceoffs
Still not beating dallas/vegas
The West is so stacked. Avs, Jets, Oilers, Knights, Stars, Canucks… Any are a real threat to make the finals.
I've made a small fortune betting on the Avs, Oilers and Knights the past month. Last night's comeback from 3-0 and 5-3 was a cherry on top.
Love the AVS content – keep it coming!
Definitely a contender
I go to a lot of Av’s games. There’s an astonishing difference now when the puck enters the Av’s zone and you don’t see any of the hair raising anxiety they had before when Georgiev was in net, when the D were absolutely scrambling in terror to get in front of the crease.
It's not really a surprise considering Blackwood had a .911 save percentage on a terrible sharks team. Now he has help.
Druin made an immediate impact, hope he can stay healthy!!
No need to mention Lande
Image the habs win vs them omg
As an Avs fan all we need is league average goaltending and we're dangerous
Sweet shots of Bednar's hilarious mug mixed in. Worried for Wedgie hope he's ok
Any NJD fan will tell you that goalie tandem is not "elite" — with or without Miles Wood on your team.
Colorado is missing a player like Vinny Desharnais.
Watch them lose to the Habs soon
Avs are back baby!
Nobody is scared of Colorado
Let's just hope rantanen gets an extension
Damn Skippy Avs are terrifying. This is just the beginning. Let's go, baby. It's been a minute. Let's bring that stanley cup back home to Colorado.
the avs score half their goals on empty nets, they literally can't score all game long and barely win
The return of Drouin !
They don't need depth at forward at all. Now healthier, they can afford 1-2 top 6 injuries at a time, that's without Landy back, who may be a middle 6 guy in a couple months. The avs forwards getting healthy made their bottom 6 elite. But they had like 3-4 of them in the top 6 at times earlier. If Landy can get back they can afford 2-3 forward injuries at a time, that's a lot of depth, and the guys falling off the roster now have some experience too.
They need depth at Defense, every single depth peice picked up has disappointed heavily so far, fairly consistently. If no one steps up, and a couple of them are old slow bruisers suited the playoffs, but if they don't come around the avs have like 5 defensemen, you want 7 at least.
I'm grateful for Georgiev. Avs got a cup with him. You could see the skill in Annunen, but yeah, he was young. I wish the best for both of them. Having the Lumberyard has been amazing. Hoping for a speedy recovery for Wedgewood.
As an Avs fan, I can tell you I feel completely different. Since the Cup year, the goaltending has been up and down and mostly down the last 1+ years. Every shot from anywhere on the ice made me cringe with Georgie in-net.. I'm excited about them again!
I wouldn't jinx anything yet, we still get an injury every other game and gracefully swap between bullying teams and getting bullied
Not just because of last night but the Avs are looking strong
Go Avs go!!!!
😂😂😂
Brokewood
Gabe Landeskog doing a Stone Cold Steve Austin from the ceiling for Game 1 of the playoffs would be the greatest thing I'd ever witness in my life and I'm not even an avs fan
Book it lock it avs all the way
1:00 Even as an Avs fan, I find using the version of this photo that is shopped to say 3-1 quite hilarious.
i really wanted the oilers to take blackwood
Calm down we just lost a backup goalie and ha e 5 more players injured. Yeah this team has been pretty resilient tho
Appreciated the Avs video. Here's my vote for more! I hate to say it, but Nichushkin's sobriety remains a factor, as it was the past two playoffs.
what a weird contract, no one else would be handing out that kind of money for Blackwood. he's been a sub .900 goaltender the last 3 seasons
We'll make the playoffs and then Nichuskin will f#@k us over again. Guaranteed.
I don't think that ava can win again with Rantanen on the team.
Getting healthy will be improve the depth a lot
Cool vid but it failed to mention the injuries, we’ve gone through 40 players already this season!!!
I can’t fucking believe they unironically decided to call Blackwood blacky. Are Canadians not familiar with that being a really offensive racial slur lol?
Edmonton gotta take notes 🤣🤣🤣 Dostal?!?!?