Locked On Avalanche - Daily Podcast On The Colorado Avalanche

The postseason is officially underway and for the Colorado Avalanche, they have to sit on the sidelines for an extra day before their series with the Nashville Predators begins. We did learn that Preds star goalie Juuse Saros will not play at least the first two games of the series in Colorado. This gives the Avs an opening they have to take advantage of. Nashville will reassess the situation with Saros after those two games and its safe to say the reassessment will be based around how the series is going after two games.

For the Avs, the only question mark health wise is Nazem Kadri who has been out the past few days with a non COVID related illness. His availability will likely be known early Tuesday.

Chris and Kyle take a look at the lines with and without Kadri as well as giving their Stanley Cup predictions!

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The most wonderful time of the year is upon us. The NHL Playoffs! The Colorado Avalanche and the Nashville Predators will face off in the first round of the postseason, and Nick and Ann from Locked on Predators are here to talk with us to get us ready for the series. Who could be those unsung heroes we always get in the playoffs? Can the Preds overcome the loss of Juuse Saros? Can they play their aggressive style of play and get away with it against a powerful offensive team like the Avs?

We also fill the Predators faithful in about what to expect from the Avalanche side. Who are the players we expect to step it up when the puck drops, and what makes Jared Bednar the perfect coach for this team.

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Some were wondering how the Colorado Avalanche would come out and play against the Nashville Predators Thursday night at Ball Arena. Seeing as it was the last home game of the regular season, the Presidents' Trophy still within reach and wanting to head into the playoffs on a positive note, the Avalanche came out and played like it was just as important a regular season game as any other. And in the beginning everything was going their way. They took a 3-1 lead in the first period.

But Nashville started to find their way back into the game and eventually tied it up 4-4 to send it into overtime, then eventually winning it in a shoot-out with a single goal. With the loss the Avalanche are officially out the Presidents' Trophy race, which goes to the Florida Panthers.

For the Avalanche, the one point got them to 119 points on the season, a franchise record. Now with one more game left on the regular season schedule in Minnesota, the Avs likely will bench some players to give some guys an extra day before the second season begins

Chris and Kyle break it all down! Tune in and subscribe!

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Peter Baugh of The Athletic wrote a very good article on Nazem Kadri and if gives us a look behind the curtain on how he handled being traded from Toronto to Colorado. Kadri has given his best effort to not be looked at as the guy who takes cheap shots since the trade, but his hit in the playoffs last year that turned out to be a season ending suspension didn't help the narrative. The difference was while Kyle Dubas of the Maple Leafs moved on from Kadri after his postseason transgressions, Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche stood by him. Will this come into play in the offseason when Kadri becomes a free agent? Will there be some appreciation from Kadri to the Avs?

We also dive into some listener questions thrown our way, and take a look at the annual NHLPA Players Poll and some of the results.

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The Colorado Avalanche played like we all knew they could. We've seen it for the majority of the season. But a four game losing streak at this point in the season had fans with so many questions. But they also had answers. Players like Devon Toews had been out for a while nursing minor injuries. He was back Tuesday night against the St. Louis Blues and boy did it show.

From the opening puck drop the Avalanche looked like the team we have come to know this year. Maybe it was getting Toews back, maybe it was the home cooking, maybe it was just the annoyance of losing four in a row. Whatever it was, the Avalanche got back on track with a 5-3 win over St. Louis.

That isn't to say it was all sunshine. The Avs allowed the Blues to creep back in to the game as their 4-1 lead shrunk to 4-3. But an empty net goal by Nazem Kadri put the game out of reach.

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The Colorado Avalanche have the #1 seed locked up in the West

The Florida Panthers have the #1 seed locked up in the East

Two teams that have a history together. A distant and short history, but a history

Armando Velez from Locked on Panthers joins the show to discuss his team and their chances of making it through a very difficult eastern conference. Who to look out for to step their game up, what weakness, if any, do the Panthers have, and all those draft picks the Avs had right before the Panthers that have worked out just fine for the Avs

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A few hours after news broke that Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens legend and Hockey Hall of Famer, had passed away at the age of 70, Locked On Canadiens hosts Scott Matla and Laura Saba recorded a special bonus ad-free episode to share their immediate reaction.

They reflected on the legacy he leaves behind and tried to contextualize the loss of a favourite Canadiens great, and what it means to the Habs, the city of Montreal, the province of Quebec, the NHL, and hockey as a whole. It would be easy to list his many on-ice accomplishments, such as five Stanley Cups, three Art Ross trophies, the most points scored by any Montreal Canadien, and many, many more, but what he truly meant to the hockey community was more than just the way he played - it was the way he embodied what it meant to be legend off the ice as well.

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The Colorado Avalanche have been stuck on 116 points for the season for four games now. Three points away from setting the franchise record for most points in a season. Thanks to them losing four straight games in regulation they have yet to set that record. Sure we can say they are down key players like Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog and Devon Towes. But the players they have now should not be losing four games in a row.

All the current Avalanche problems were on display last night in the 4-1 loss to Winnipeg. They struggled to maintain possession, they struggled with zone exits, turnovers galore and defensive to offensive transitions were ugly. And let's not even discuss the power play which for some reason has fallen off a cliff.

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The Colorado Avalanche lost their third straight game in a loss to the Edmonton Oilers, 6-3, on Friday night in Edmonton. But they might have lost a lot more thanks to a freak accident on the bench. Pavel Francouz was sitting in the backup goalie chair when a redirected puck smacked into his face.

He immediately left the bench and did not return. The next day, Avalanche prospect Justus Annunen was called up, signaling the Avs believe Francouz could be out for some time. What does this mean for the Avs, for Francouz and maybe most importantly Darcy Kuemper with the load now squarely on his shoulders?

Beyond that, the Avalanche did not look good in the game against the Oilers. On the defensive side in particular. Sure we can keep saying the Avalanche are down key guys, but we also have to keep saying the guys they do have playing should still be winning them games. Plus you don't want to head into the postseason losing games and playing the way they are.

Can the Avs get back in the W column on Sunday against Winnipeg? Chris and Kyle break it all down!

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Well this one did not go the way we thought it would. The Colorado Avalanche, coming off a loss to the Washington Capitals, not wanting to lose two in a row especially to a team at the bottom of the standings at this stage in the season, did just that. It was a dreadful first period for the Avalanche and the Kraken pounced, scoring three goals in the first. The Avalanche turned things around with their play, but they couldn't get enough past former Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer to gain any points.

With the loss the Avalanche again failed to match the team franchise record in points and will have to try again when they visit Edmonton on Friday

Chris and Kyle break it all down including their Sound Check songs

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