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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 3 | History Defined

How can Avs repeat as Stanley Cup champs? NHL wonks say it depends on health, development of defenseman Bo Byram.

Hey, no pressure, Bo Byram.

The Denver Post

2022-23 NHL predictions: Central Division features league’s best, worst in Avalanche, Blackhawks

This season will likely reinforce the sizable gap from the Avs and Wild at the top to the Stars, Blues, Jets and Predators in the middle, plus another massive gap from that group down to the Coyotes and Hawks in the basement.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ryan O’Halloran: For Nathan MacKinnon, Jared Bednar, Joe Sakic, winning Stanley Cup caps long journey

TAMPA, Fla. — One by one, as if it was choreographed weeks ago, all 28 players and each member of the coaching, training and equipment staffs and front office took their turn with the Stanley Cup here late Sunday night.

The Denver Post

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SI:AM | The Avalanche Put the Lightning Dynasty on Ice

Led by Cale Makar, Colorado captured its first Stanley Cup since 2001.

Sports Illustrated

The Colorado Avalanche wins its first Stanley Cup in 21 years

The Avalanche's Cale Makar was awarded the series' most valuable player as the Colorado team defeated the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

WEKU

Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time

Behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history and first in more than two decades by beating the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6.

Chicago Sun-Times

Avalanche’s Cale Makar, the best player on the best team, was the only logical choice for Conn Smythe

The best player on the best team. The math here was easy.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay to clinch Stanley Cup

TAMPA, Fla. — The NHL’s worst team only five years ago, the Avalanche completed its journey to the top of the hockey world Sunday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in 21 years.

The Denver Post

Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time

The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning

The Independent UK

Tampa Bay bucks the odds in Game 5

No Cup celebration for Avs as Palat’s goal with 6:22 remaining helps Lightning stave off elimination

Chicago Sun-Times

Rangers' Igor Shesterkin wins Vezina Trophy as NHL's best goaltender

NEW YORK — Igor Shesterkin clearly was the Rangers’ Most Valuable Player in the 2021-22 season, but he didn’t end up getting enough leaguewide support to win the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s MVP.

Newsday

Helene Elliott: Their offense is great, but it’s defense that gives the Avalanche the look of a champion

The Colorado Avalanche are the fourth NHL team to score seven or more goals four times in one postseason run and first to do that in 37 years. They’re the first team since 1996 to score at least 11 goals in the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final,…

Los Angeles Times

Sean Keeler: Meet the Avalanche fan who got banned for spreading his friend’s ashes on Ball Arena ice. With no regrets.

Ryan Clark can live with being banned from Avalanche home games right now. Because, dang it, The Lord and Cale Makar as his witnesses, he’d do it again. Stanley Cup and all. In a heartbeat.

The Denver Post

Conn Smythe tracker after Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Can anyone dethrone Cale Makar?

Makar could soon be the king of the Cup champion.

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Avalanche rout Lightning 7-0 to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final

Valeri Nichushkin scored his seventh and eighth goals of the playoffs and continued to be the best player on the ice in the final.

The Denver Post

Avalanche dominates Lightning, 7-0, in Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final

DENVER — They come at you in waves, this Avalanche team.

The Guardian - US

Avalanche put seven past Lightning to move within two wins of Stanley Cup

Andrei Vasilevskiy and Tampa Bay were thumped 7-0 by Colorado, losing not only the game but their cool and their mojo in the process.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Conn Smythe tracker after Stanley Cup Final Game 1: Cale Makar is NHL’s next great D-man

We could be looking at the NHL's next special blueliner.

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Stanley Cup Final 2022: Cale Makar has best odds to win Conn Smythe Trophy ahead of Lightning-Avalanche

Who will win this year's award?

The Guardian - US

Stanley Cup final 2022: five things to know before Lightning v Avalanche

Will Tampa Bay complete a first three-peat since the 1980s? Or will Colorado’s high-octane offense stop a dynasty in its tracks?

The Denver Post

Mike Chambers: Wayne Gretzky is right about Cale Makar. He is the best defenseman since Bobby Orr.

DENVER — Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar does hockey like nobody else. At age 23, his skating, vision, passing, and shooting are beyond elite. They are supernatural.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Avs Still Look Like the Stanley Cup Favorites

They made quick work of the Oilers and will await the winner of the Rangers-Lightning series.

The Denver Post

Avalanche storms back to oust Edmonton Oilers in overtime, return to Stanley Cup Final

EDMONTON, Alberta — Colorado’s Artturi Lehkonen scored on a rebound 1:19 into overtime in Game 4 here Monday night against Edmonton as the Avs swept the Western Conference Finals and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since winning it all in 2001.

The Denver Post

Avalanche moves within one game of Stanley Cup Finals, defeats Oilers, 4-2 in Game 3

EDMONTON, Alberta — The commitment to its “next-man-up” philosophy helped the Avalanche get within a victory of advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals here Saturday night.

The Denver Post

Avalanche hold off Edmonton, 8-6, in wild Game 1 shootout

DENVER — Whew!

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