LAS VEGAS — Day 2 sure wasn’t boring at the NHL Draft, and it began with the Tampa Bay Lightning setting off fireworks inside the Sphere. While that’s a loss in one area, then maybe the next guy will come and say ‘OK, it worked out for me.’” GO DEEPER Sam Reinhart's career year ahead of UFA was 'a fluke,' …
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The first sign this wasn’t a Gabriel Landeskog retirement announcement: The Colorado captain showed up wearing an Avalanche hat, shirt and shorts as if he’d just gone through a workout. “You want to be there to support them and just kind of go through all those things with them, whether it’s the ups or downs.” To return …
It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey. “I think what has happened is the players have developed a real comfort level that the counselors, the people that run the program, can be trusted because there’s a …
DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin is lifting the Colorado Avalanche after taking the time to help himself. “An absolute beast.” This version in particular, the one that’s “doing really well,” from a mental health standpoint, coach Jared Bednar said. “It’s good to see someone that obviously had some struggles and was able to get through it and come out on the …
