If you have been paying attention at all to the Phoenix Coyotes situation, which I haven’t really – they’ve again been discussing selling and potential relocation versus Gelndale, AZ fronting the money for the NHL to maintain the team in Arizona – you may have heard that there is speculation that the Yotes could find themselves back in Winnipeg.
The Colorado Avalanche received some bad news just a handful of hours about beating the first place San Jose Sharks to move ahead of the Calgary Flames in the race for the 8th seed in the Western Conference. Peter Mueller will be out indefinitely and won’t be joining the team on their upcoming, two game road trip.
It was a gorgeous day in Denver today and throughout the day the Avalanche fans were both anticipating and dreading tonight’s game against the San Jose Sharks. Not only are the Sharks one of the high scoring teams in the west, they’re also in 2nd place in the league. After a bad loss against the Calgary Flames on April 2nd, the Avs needed win to gain some ground on the coveted 8th place spot in the Western Conference Standings.
Tonight the Avalanche faced Northwest Division rivals, the Calgary Flames. At the beginning of this meeting the Flames were sitting behind the Avalanche in the standings by two points. The Avalanche haven’t been top notch lately, in fact they’ve been dreadful, dropping their last three games and goaltender Craig Anderson has been 1-5-1 in his last seven games.
The entire season could diminish in just 60 minutes here tonight. I won’t say it’s over if the Colorado Avalanche fall to the Calgary Flames, but the point lead would be reduced to zero and it would be a flat out even sprint to the finish line. This IS a playoff game.
Thats right folks, we’ve been reporting updates on this almost everyday this week, but Brandon Yip, and Stephane Yelle will return to the Colorado Avalanche lineup for friday night’s do or die match up against the Calgary Flames.
As much as fans would love to blame someone else for this game (refs), the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks sat squarely on the team’s shoulders. It still seems to be a matter of core fundamentals that are costing this team valuable points in a race for 8th place that is quickly becoming unbearably tight.
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