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The Avalanche have made another trade, acquiring Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers in exchange for Calvin De Haan, Jusso Parissinen, and a 2nd/4th round pick in this years draft. Where does Lindgren fit into the lineup, and is this even a good deal for the Avs? The Avs also dominated the first two games of their six game homestand after the return of Val Nichushkin to the lin...

The Avs are running out of time and excuses after returning from the Four Nations flat with losses to Nashville and St. Louis, complete with only two goals, and zero from their forwards. The depth is a huge problem, and they cannot win with the utter lack of production they are getting from anyone outside of their top line. Worse than that, the effort levels are nowhere close where they need to be...

The Four Nations Championship between Canada and USA delivered in every conceivable way on Thursday, and brought us one of the greatest games of our lifetime with the most eyes hockey has had on it in over 15 years. Unfortunately the USA couldn't overcome their own poor lineup choices and fall in overtime, but MVP MacKinnon and Makar helped bring Gold home for Canada, which is great for the narrat...

The Four Nations Faceoff has been an absolute success for the NHL, and now we get a much needed rematch between the USA and Canada in the Championship. Why did it take nine years to do this again exactly? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join h...

The NHL Trade Deadline is less than a month away as we reach the Four Nations Faceoff, what moves should the Avalanche be looking to make with 25 games to go in the regular season? Is this the kind of season to be going all in? Who's even realistically available right now? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home fo...

The Avs answer the bell in Alberta, defeating both the Flames and Oilers on back to back nights to head into the Four Nations break with some positive momentum. The top line domination reignited the offense for nine goals in two games, and seven points for MacKinnon, and begging the question of when the best player in the world conversation needs to be had. It's been a rough month, but the potenti...

The Avalanche over the last month are having trouble getting any positive momentum going. Outside of the top guys and Blackwood, it's been kind of a mess, and emphasized after a shutout loss to Vancouver. Without trying to be overly negative, how good is this Avs team really? What should our expectations realistically be right now? Are they really still contenders, and if not, how can they get bac...

Alex 'Raj' Rajaniemi joins the show to talk about the post Mikko Rantanen world, and if the Avalanche are better set up for the future now as a result. With the salary cap set to skyrocket over the next three seasons, how can the Avs continue to build this team for the rest of the season and for the future? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell...

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Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

The Avs sweep the season series against the Kraken off the back of a Joel Kiviranta hat trick, meaning they now have won 8 of their last 11 games, and have closed the gap significantly in the Central division. How well are they set up for success after returning from the Christmas break? Will MacKinnon, Makar, or Rantanen bring home more awards by the end of the season? Finally, answering your mai...

Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GRYoungs Follow Christian on Twi...

MacKenzie Blackwood has arrived in Colorado. Blackwood backstopped a sick Avs team to a victory over Nashville, stopping the first 37 shots he faced and allowing the Avs superstars to take over for a 5-2 victory. Will the Woodshed goaltending duo allow us to finally to see the Avs team we've been waiting all season for? MacKinnon and Rantanen are 1 and 2 in the league in points, can MacKinnon win...

The Avs finally make their move for a goalie, trading for MacKenzie Blackwood from San Jose while sending Georgiev and Kovalenko back the other way. Can this new tandem of Blackwood and Wedgewood help this team start rattling off wins? How much does it hurt to give up Kovalenko? On the game side, the Avs put up a perfect road game on the second half of a back to back against New Jersey for their b...

We've got a lot to catch up on, so let's get started. The Avalanche completed a 4-0 comeback against the Buffalo Sabres, which began with Georgiev giving up 4 goals on 8 shots again. However newly acquired backup Scott Wedgewood came into relief and galvanized the Avs to victory, washing out the taste of two disappointing performances againt Dallas and Edmonton. It's at a critical point with Georg...

The goaltending conversation is exhausting but reaching a critical point following an 8-2 meltdown vs. Tampa Bay, marring what was ultimately a successful road trip by winning three of four as the Avs reach the quarter mark of the season above .500. Realistically, what can be done about the goaltending right now? Looking outside of goaltending, what are some positives to work with from the last se...

At long last, the Avalanche have gotten reinforcements in the lineup. Val Nichushkin, Jonathan Drouin, and Miles Wood all returned to the lineup against the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to overcome this revamped Caps team in a slog fest of a game. How will they fare in the rematch? Was the victory over the Flyers a sign of things to come with 50 minutes of domination? Also, looking around the le...

The Avalanche are starting to get things to go their way with two straight wins over the Hurricanes and Predators, with major reinforcements on the way within a week. Not to mention, they are still in a playoff spot even after evertyhing they endured. Is the worst part of the season about to be put in the rear view mirror? Georgiev has put together a few good games in a row, has the Avs goaltendin...

It's been the same story over the last several games, where a depleted Avalanche team puts out a strong performance and gets goalie'd out of a better fate. Some good news though, Artturi Lehkonen is back in the lineup with an immediate impact with Nichushkin and Drouin seemingly not far behind, and Georgiev just put up the best goaltending performance of the season to this point vs. Winnipeg. Thei...

The Avalanche are overloaded with injuries and struggling to put wins together, and two loses in a row to Tampa Bay and Nashville have left everyone frustrated with the unrelenting injury curse. Nikita Prischepov made his surprise debut, and looked like he could be a commodity in the future after a strong debut. Lehkonen looks ready to come back against Seattle on Tuesday, finally giving the Avs s...

The Avalanche have reached the first ten game checkpoint of the season at 5-5-0, an even .500. Not bad after starting the season 0-4, but still plenty of room for improvement, even with the ever growing list of injuries that they cannot escape. How much bad luck can one team have with injuries over three seasons? What have the brightest sports been so far? Where can they improve the most with impo...