DENVER — Cale Makar deflects not only shots but any mention of milestones ... Bednar said he's hopeful Makar plays Monday against Minnesota. ... Forward Valeri Nichushkin (lower body) skated with the team Sunday but didn't make it through the entire ...

The Colorado Avalanche remain without key forward Valeri Nichushkin, and that absence is going to continue for longer than expected.

Cale Makar did not join the team for practice ... The organization was likely hopeful Valeri Nichushkin could re-enter the lineup against the Wild, but that seems unlikely. Nichushkin did join ...

Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Cale Makar for fantasy hockey. Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar tallied two goals and an assist

DENVER — Cale Makar deflects not only shots but any ... s hopeful Makar plays Monday against Minnesota. ... Forward Valeri Nichushkin (lower body) skated with the team Sunday but didn’t ...

The dust is still settling on the deal that sent Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes. However, the question marks that still exist regarding Rantanen's future in the NHL (i.

Chris MacFarland pointed to Rantanen’s pending free agency and the club’s desire to get deeper after three years of being short in that department as reasons for the trade. The NHL’s salary cap ceiling, which is set at $88 million this year but is expected to rise — possibly significantly — in the next couple of seasons is also a factor.

The Colorado Avalanche will face the Boston Bruins in a Saturday Matinee. It will be a battle at the TD Garden as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Bruins prediction and pick. The Avalanche are 13-10 in the past 23 games against the Bruins.

The Colorado Avalanche should add Chicago Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall to the top-six ahead of the March 7 NHL Trade Deadline.

Despite trading one of the NHL's scoring leaders and a franchise stalwart, MacFarland says the Avalanche are still "all-in."

The Boston Bruins have been fighting the injury bug in recent games, while battling to remain among the playoff contenders with less than three months remaining in the regular season. After producing one of their most complete efforts of the season,

A number of promising pickups are on waiver wires in fantasy hockey leagues. Here are players to add this week.