It's no secret Andre Burakovsky has had his ups and downs this season with the lowest point being a healthy scratch in a a few games this postseason. But this is why you always have to be ready when called upon. Just over one minute into the OT session, Burakovsky was in the right place at the right time and he used that leathal wrist shot and perfect placement to get one past Tampa goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and send the Avs faithful home with a 1-0 series lead. The Avalanche came out hot and wi...
Jun 16, 2022•34 min•Ep. 546
It all goes down tonight! The Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning square off in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. What better way to get you ready than a crossover with Mixtape himself, host of Locked on Lightning, Adam Denker! Both teams are very confident heading into the final and with good reason. The Lightning are the two time defending champs and the Avalanche have been steamrolling their opponents thus far. But this has the potential and the makings of a classic. Tune in and enj...
Jun 15, 2022•44 min•Ep. 545
The Tampa Bay Lightning finished off the New York Rangers Saturday night, giving the Colorado Avalanche their opponent in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Avalanche are looking to win their third championship in franchise history while attempting to keep the Lightning from winning their third straight title. This is the matchup we all wanted. The NHL included. From a ratings standpoint, this should be a home run. So many talented, skilled players on both sides along with the Lightning going for three...
Jun 13, 2022•39 min•Ep. 544
As you are well aware, the Colorado Avalanche are awaiting their opponent to face to battle it out for the Stanley Cup. You don't get to this point of the season without some memorable moments along the way. So since we have some time before Game 1 kicks off, why not go back and take a look at some of them. Opening night seemed so far away at this point, but it did happen and the roster for that night looks oh so different than the roster the Avs have today. Maybe we expected that, but we did ha...
Jun 09, 2022•41 min•Ep. 543
Today we are joined by three Avalanche fans we have come to know well thanks to the Twitter Spaces events Kyle runs during games. Nik, Lisa and Brittini are all Avalanche fans in their own right and we asked them to be part of this special episode so they could share their experiences and excitement as Avalanche fans. We discuss their reaction to the Avs closing out the Edmonton Oilers which sent the Avs to the Stanley Cup Final, their early memories of being an Avs fan and we also get their pre...
Jun 08, 2022•57 min•Ep. 542
This was playoff hockey at it's finest. The Colorado Avalanche found themselves down 3-1 after two periods with all the momentum going the way of the Edmonton Oilers. They needed a spark. They got it in the form of a first shift goal by Devon Toews that set the tone for a wild and crazy 3rd period. When regulation was over, 60 minutes was not enough as the game headed into overtime tied at 5. We talk a lot about Joe Sakic and how he seems to make all the right moves. Nabbing Arturri Lehkonen at ...
Jun 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 541
The Edmonton Oilers were playing their best hockey of the season heading into this series with the Colorado Avalanche. The only problem with that is so are the Colorado Avalanche. After taking both games at home in Denver the Avalanche traveled north for Game 3 in Alberta. Like they have done so many times in these playoffs, the Avs gave up the first goal of the game. This time from Connor McDavid himself in the first minute of the game. Edmonton had everything going for them. Then Evander Kane ...
Jun 05, 2022•36 min•Ep. 540
A 14 goal output in game one naturally leads you to believe not much would change for Game 2. Not when you have two offensive minded teams in the Edmonton Oilers and the Colorado Avalanche, and backup goalie Pavel Francouz in net for Colorado. Francouz is a very capable backup and Avalanche fans were very confident they could win Game 2 with him in net. But you would be lying if you said Frankie was going to put up a goose egg on the Oilers. But he did. While Francouz was busy shutting down McDa...
Jun 03, 2022•35 min•Ep. 539
It's a good thing there is a day off in between playoff games. Hopefully all of you used that time to decompress and take some meditation classes. But be prepared for more of the same in Game 2. Mike Smith will in all likelihood get the start for the Oilers after getting pulled in Game 1. For the Colorado Avalanche it is a little less certain. We don't know the full extent of the health of Darcy Kuemper. We do know he took himself out of the game due to blurry vision. If that has cleared up or n...
Jun 02, 2022•37 min•Ep. 538
We jokingly said that if you were a betting fan, bet the over in the Avs / Oilers game 1 matchup which was set at +/-6.5, That was eclipsed by the 2nd period. The Colorado Avalanche and the Edmonton Oilers put on an offensive show Tuesday night with the Avalanche hanging on to an 8-6 win, even though they were up at one point 7-3. No lead will be safe in this series. For the Avalanche there is the added question mark of starting goalie Darcy Kuemper. Kuemper left the game in the 2nd period and d...
Jun 01, 2022•38 min•Ep. 537
The stage is set. Storylines abound in this one. Two of the leagues most gifted players will face off in the Western Conference Finals. Will Nathan MacKinnon get to his first ever Stanley Cup finals, or will it be Connor McDavid? Which teams goalie will hold up best against two teams that have top end offensive abilities? Can the Avs top D pairing of Cale Makar and Devon Toews slow down McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Can Edmonton handle the dept of the Avs? Brett Holden of Locked on Oilers joins th...
May 31, 2022•46 min•Ep. 536
The Colorado Avalanche won't have to hear about those 2nd Round demons anymore, or that Game 5 meltdown. The Avalanche had to go into St. Louis and win for the third time on their ice to close out the series. But it wasn't without theatrics. In another game that saw the Avalanche in control for the majority of the game yet again, but also trailing heading into the 3rd period, the Avs had to do what St. Louis did in Game 5 and mount a comeback. Boy did they. The depth was the star last night. JT ...
May 28, 2022•35 min•Ep. 535
Game 6 cannot come fast enough for the Colorado Avalanche and the fans. The best way to put the events of Game 5 out of our memory is for a solid performance in the very next game. This Avalanche team can accomplish that. Are changes needed? Is Darcy still the guy in net? How much blame is on Bednar? Of everything this Avalanche team has been through, injuries, COVID, all those second round exits. All of it is piled on to the mountain of motivation. Chris and Kyle get to all this and more to get...
May 27, 2022•40 min•Ep. 534
It was right there. In their hands. And the Colorado Avalanche let the Western Conference Finals slip away, at least for a game. While still leading the series 3-2, one can't help but wonder if the hockey gods are playing jokes on the Avs to get past the second round. You could not have asked for a better start. For the first time in the series the Avalanche scored first and they kept the pressure on in scoring the the first three goals of the game. But St. Louis played like their season was on ...
May 26, 2022•32 min•Ep. 533
The NHLPA came out and issued a statement regarding the comments of the St. Louis Blues fan base towards Nazem Kadri and his family. It's what you would expect from a sports league or a players union. It's also what you would expect from individual teams. Which is why it remains shocking that the St. Louis Blues, as of this recording, have yet to make a sound about what their fans are saying to Kadri. It's shameful. David Perron was fined $5k for his cross-check hit on Kadri, but nothing beyond ...
May 25, 2022•34 min•Ep. 532
This is what makes sports so great. Nazem Kadri had a rough 24 hour period, where the worst of the worst emerged to sit down at their keyboards and throw horrible racists comments towards Kadri, blaming him as the reason Jordan Binnington will miss the rest of the 2nd Round. Kadri waited for his chance to respond and that response came on the ice where finished with a four point night including a hat trick. A lot still needs to be done off the ice to curb the people who feel they have the right ...
May 24, 2022•36 min•Ep. 531
We should start by saying the Avalanche did the most important thing in Game 3 against the St. Louis Blues and that was win the game, giving them a 2-1 lead in the series and taking back home ice. Now that we have that out of the way Game 3 in all likelihood will be a tipping point in the series. Up until now both teams have been pretty much on their best behavior. But two plays in Game 3 speak to a different tone. The first was Samuel Girard getting checked hard into the boards by Ivan Barbashe...
May 23, 2022•39 min•Ep. 530
Well the Colorado Avalanche were going to lose a game at some point in the post season, and you could argue you would have rather they lost in this fashion since it doesn't hurt as bad as a close game or losing in a playoff OT game. The Avs looked disjointed for most of the game. Some of that is to the credit of the St. Louis Blues who played a much better game than they did in Game 1. We knew this was going to be a dog fight and a chess match and the Blues moved their pieces in a much different...
May 20, 2022•35 min•Ep. 529
We might be a game into our series with the St. Louis Blues, but sometimes that is the best time to meet up with the host of your opponent. Thomas Welch, one half of the Locked on Blues crew, joins Chris and Kyle for a special crossover episode to discuss how things went in game one for their respective teams and what to look forward to in the rest of the series. Did the loss to the Blues change the way Thomas looks at the series or does he think St. Louis can make the proper adjustments to stea...
May 19, 2022•41 min•Ep. 528
The Colorado Avalanche showed no rust as they took the ice for the first time in a week against the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their second round matchup. The Avs completely dominated for the vast majority of the game, but Blues goalie Jordan Binnington kept the Blues from getting run out of the arena. And when a hockey games goes into OT, anything can happen. Luckily, it happened for the Avalanche as Josh Manson fired a shot from inside the blue line that found it's way past Binnington and in...
May 18, 2022•31 min•Ep. 527
Round two is upon us! The wait is over. The Colorado Avalanche are set to take on the St. Louis Blues tonight in game 1 of their second round series. The Avalanche are rested and ready to roll after having over a week off after completing the sweep of the Nashville Predators and now they look that elusive second round victory in the eyes. So who do we feel needs to step up in order to take this series away from the Blues? We each have our picks We as Avalanche fans are very accustomed to not get...
May 17, 2022•36 min•Ep. 526
The Colorado Avalanche have been waiting patiently while their fan base waits impatiently to hear when exactly Game 1 against the St. Louis Blues will happen. Coach Jared Bednar stated he heard the series would start on Tuesday but there was also the possibility it could start Wednesday. No matter when it starts it will be the beginning of the round that has haunted the Avs for a few years now. So how do they matchup against St. Louis? The Blues have as much depth as the Avs and can score in sim...
May 16, 2022•36 min•Ep. 525
The votes must be in prior to the playoffs starting for all the NHL awards, and while Cale Makar is a finalist for the Norris Trophy, the vibe you get is that voters are favoring Roman Josi thanks to his 96 point season. And while votes can't be changed, have voters looked at what happened in round one between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche, and more specifically Roman Josi and Cale Makar and have that already impacting them for next season? We discuss. We have also gotten used t...
May 13, 2022•34 min•Ep. 524
The Colorado Avalanche remain the only team to have moved on to the second round of the NHL Playoffs. Us at the Locked on NHL Network polled our hosts to get a power ranking of the teams still playing and Chris and Kyle discuss those rankings. What they agree with, what they don't and where teams could potentially end up. We also take listener questions from Instagram which include our favorite Avalanche sweater ever? Since we lived through the Avs two championships, what does that feel like? An...
May 12, 2022•38 min•Ep. 523
The Colorado Avalanche have some time to kill as they wait for their next opponent in the St. Louis Blues or Minnesota Wild. Chris and Kyle discuss who they feel the Avs match up better with, but does that metric line up with who they would actually like to see the Avs play? We also take a look around the Western Conference and the other series that are still taking place. The Avalanche didn't seem to get the memo that their series should be tied at 2-2 since most of the other series were. Final...
May 11, 2022•34 min•Ep. 522
For the second time in as many years the Colorado Avalanche swept their first round opponent in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time the Nashville Predators were the victim and now the Avs wait for their second round opponent which we know will be another division rival in either St. Louis or Minnesota. For the first time all series the Avalanche trailed to the Preds, but Colorado didn't panic, continued to play their game and found not one, but three more goals in the 3rd period to seal the seri...
May 10, 2022•35 min•Ep. 521
For the second time in as many years the Colorado Avalanche are on the verge of sweeping their first round opponent. Last year the Avs took care of the St. Louis Blues in four games, this year they could do it to a different division rival in the Nashville Predators. The Avs have been nothing but dominant in this series and there is zero reason to believe that won't continue in game 4. The Avalanche threw 42 shoots on goal in Game 3 and 51 the game prior. That is a lot to ask of a rookie goalie ...
May 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 520
A lot has been talked about involving the Nashville Predators goalie situation with Juuse Saros out for at least the first two games. Game 1 did not go well and ended with with starter David RIttich getting pulled after allowing five goals. Backup rookie Connor Ingram entered and did enough to warrant a start in Game 2. Even though we are an Avalanche podcast, what that young goalie did was nothing short of miraculous. The Avs had possession for what seemed like the entire game and even threw 51...
May 06, 2022•36 min•Ep. 519
We have talked on several occasions over the course of the season on how Nazem Kadri has been on his best behavior throughout the season. Sure he has his fair share of penalty minutes, but the vast majority of those minutes are due to the hard style of hockey he plays. You aren't seeing the overly aggressive, looking for a fight Kardi. And just look at what it has done for him this season. Amassing a career high in points. Kadri wrote a letter in the Players Tribune yesterday and it covered a lo...
May 05, 2022•36 min•Ep. 518
The Colorado Avalanche have been waiting for this moment since last year's playoff exit. It may only be one game, but getting off to a fast start was exactly what the Avalanched wanted and it is exactly what they got. Just a couple minutes into the game Nathan MacKinnon found his first of two goals, then 22 seconds later Devon Toews found the net and the Avs were off to the races. We had discussed on yesterday's episode who would be the odd men out now that most of the Avalanche roster was healt...
May 04, 2022•40 min•Ep. 517
