On the surface, the Colorado Avalanche made a pretty baffling decision last week (Jan. 24). Trading an in-his-prime franchise legend like Mikko Rantanen doesn’t usually go over well in the eyes of public opinion.

Our staff identified 13 buyers, nine sellers and 10 teams that could go either way (or do some buying and selling) at the trade deadline.

The West has six teams with a chance to win the Stanley Cup north of 2.5 percent. These are each team’s signature strengths and fatal flaws.

Artturi Lehkonen scored the game-winning goal with 14.7 seconds left in regulation as the Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 5-4 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Cale Makar scored twice, Martin Necas posted his first two points with the Avs and Nathan MacKinnon added a pair of assists.

The Avalanche lost 3-1 to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Saturday. Artturi Lehkonen scored for Colorado while Scott Wedgewood stopped 12 of the 14 shots he faced. The Avalanche posted 27 shots on goal, including a pair from Martin Necas in his Colorado debut.

The top seven all have positive goal differentials. Every other team sits in the negative. Those top seven teams all have at least 22 regulation wins. No other Western Conference team has more than 17. Yes, that's a gap, which is good news for whatever team locks down the top playoff seed in the conference.

Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and the Dallas Stars beat the St.

January 26 - Casey DeSmith turned aside all 33 shots he faced to help the Dallas Stars earn a 2-0 road victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Evgenii Dadonov and Esa Lindell both scored for ...

Evgenii Dadonov tallied a goal and an assist and backup Casey DeSmith turned aside all 33 shots directed his way to earn this second shutout of the season to lead the Dallas Stars past the St ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-0 on Saturday night.

"I wanted to be here with the crew and what we've built," Cowboys exec Will McClay says. "And I have always stated that when I got here, my main goal was to be a part of something that gave us an ...

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