Tell It Avs It Is Podcast: A Colorado Avalanche Podcast

The Colorado Avalanche are moving on to the Second Round after beating the Winnipeg Jets 6-3 in Game 5, completing the gentleman's sweep in dominant fashion. The Avs are the first team in playoff history to score 5+ goals in a five game series, and they did it to the top defensive team in the NHL and the eventual Vezina winning goalie. 15 different players had a point in this series, Georgiev significantly outduels Hellebuyck to make us look stupid, and your best players were the best when it mattered most. Now, we wait for the Avalanche's second round opponent as the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights war it out, but in the meantime, let's realize just how special this team is. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche are a win away from moving on to the Second Round after an utterly dominant 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4. Right now, the Avalanche are running the Jets out of this series, dominating them at even strength and on special teams. Cale Makar is doing things that only he can do, Lehkonen and Nichushkin continue their dominance in the playoffs, and Georgiev remains the best story in the league. Meanwhile, the Jets are crumbling. Hellebuyck gets pulled, while the players and coaches go at each other in the media. What can the Avs do to finish them off and move on to Round 2 in Game 5? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche completely overwhelm the Jets for five goals in the third period for a 6-2 win in Game 3, and take control with a 2-1 series lead. When the Avalanche get going the Jets just can't do anything to stop them, and Hellebuyck gives up five goals again while Georgiev once again makes the saves he needed to give the Avs a chance. With balanced scoring, strong special teams, suffocating forechecking, and the Jets getting frustrated, is there anything to improve upon for Game 4? Finally around the NHL, has this first round been a disappointment so far? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche win Game 2 over the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 to tie the series at 1-1 going back to Colorado, and hats off the Alex Georgiev for his incredible bounce back performance in goal. The Avalanche have outplayed the Jets in both games of this series, beaten Connor Hellebuyck 10 times, getting goals from their depth guys, and now get to back home to toughest building in the NHL with home ice advantage in the series. In short, advantage Avalanche. Will they able to take control of this series at home? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche lose Game 1 to the Winnipeg Jets 7-6 after Alex Georgiev's shockingly awful performance singlehandedly ruins what was actually a solid performance for Colorado in a game where they were the better team. There is no more discussion to be had, it is Justus Annunen's net from now on, Georgiev cannot go back in. The Avalanche did everything they needed to do to win this game and proved that they can beat the Jets, but now it comes down to a response in Game 2 to even up this series before coming home to Colorado. Finally, looking around at the league of the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here, and Raj is back once again to preview the Avs first round series against the Winnipeg Jets. Obviously the goaltending is going to the biggest x-factor of this series, but where do the other deciding factors lie for this first round series? Where do the Avalanche hold clear advantages over the Jets, and vice versa? Can Nathan MacKinnon be denied, so long as he just gets a little bit of help from the rest of the Avs? But without Jonathan Drouin, can the Avs win a Stanley Cup? If not the Avs, then who? Finally, going through our award ballots! Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The regular season has come to a close, and Meghan Angley of DNVR joins the show to look back at this incredibly up and down regular for the Avalanche as we get ready for a playoff matchup against Winnipeg. What's been some of the biggest surprises this season? Which version of the Avs can we expect to see in the playoffs? Also, the Avs beat a depleted Oilers team in the Finale, and MacKinnon breaks the all-time single season points record with his 140th points. Finally, answering your mailbag questions! Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avs got embarrassed in back to back games and the playoffs start next week. It's bad. 7-0 loss to Winnipeg on home ice to give up the 2nd seed, and a blown 3-0 third period lead to the Golden Knights to cap off the worst weekend possible. With one game left in the regular season, let's talk about the state of this team. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan MacKinnon is the best player in the world, and he proved it again with another hat trick and four point night in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. First though, the Avalanche lost 7-4 to the Dallas Stars, in what was probably their worst defensive performance of the entire season and will pretty much cost them the Central division. With a matchup against Winnipeg on the horizon for the playoffs, how are the Avs shaping up, and can they lock down home ice against the Jets on Saturday? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a back to back of wildly different goaltending results, the Avalanche unfortunately have a goalie controversy that cannot be ignored. Alex Georgiev put up an awful night where the Avs needed their goalie on a back to back against the Oilers, and Justus Annunen made 44 saves in a solid win over the Minnesota Wild. With five games to go, how do you handle this? The Avalanche lost Mikko Rantanen and there's no timetable as of yet for their return. What other problems were there in the Oilers game? Also, answering your mailbag questions! Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of April Fools Day, the Avalanche pulled a great prank by losing to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1, taking their destiny out of their own hands for the Central Division title, and forcing us to desperately try to find something to talk about from this horrendous game. What needs to be addressed heading this ridiculous home stretch and playoffs? Also, your mailbag questions saving the day and making this a whole episode! Should it be Annunen over Georgiev for the playoffs? How is the depth stacking up without Val? Are expanded playoffs coming soon, and is that a good thing? Would Sidney Crosby be captain if he signed here? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche are in the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year after beating the Nashville Predators 7-4 and nabbing a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Rangers. Nathan MacKinnon's historic home point streak technically ended, even though he directly set up a goal because the NHL is nonsense, but he's back in the lead for the Art Ross with a 4 point against Nashville. Mikko Rantanen hits 100 points, Cale Makar has the most assists for Avs player in a season, and so many other milestones and events over the last two games to fit in one episode description. Finally, answering your mailbag questions, including Georgiev's future in Colorado. Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The nine game winning streak for the Avalanche comes to an abrupt end in a loss to the Montreal Canadiens, but on the heels of a historic 4-0 comeback over the Pittsburgh Penguins, is it even worth taking anything away from that bizarre end to the winning streak. Nathan MacKinnon's home point streak continues, and he has now passed Joe Sakic for the all-time franchise record for points in a season. Finally, Christian's torture of eating McDonalds before every game finally comes to an end, or has it? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eight wins in a row for the Avalanche as they embarrass the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 6-1 win. A three point night for Mikko Rantanen as he approaches 100 points, a historic point streak extended for Nathan MacKinnon, and Cale Makar still doing Cale Makar things. We exist in a golden era of the Avalanche, and it's very easy to forget that sometimes. With the playoffs around the corner, don't forget to take a moment to appreciate that. Even still, what is the ideal combination for the top six as the playoffs approach? Is the Presidents Trophy a possibility? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche have won seven games in a row after knocking off the St. Louis Blues on the back of a Mikko Rantanen hat trick, sweeping the four game road trip and making it very clear how big of a problem they are in the West. Is this team making you feel similar to 2022 after this road trip? Also, Kovalenko is finally in Colorado at long last! But, he is still banged up and will have to wait even longer to make his debut. Where will he fit in when he finally does? Finally, answering your mailbag questions! Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Colorado Avalanche have sent a loud and clear message to the rest of the Western Conference with a 3-2 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers in the game of the year, and a 4-3 comeback over the Vancouver Canucks that showed that this Avs team exists on a different level. The trade deadline acquisitions have all been incredible fits in Colorado, Sean Walker chief among them with two goals against Edmonton. If this team stays healthy, is there a team that can beat them four times in a playoff series? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche will never be healthy, and now they've lost Logan O'Connor for the rest of the season and playoffs due to hip surgery. It's a heartbreaking loss, but the Avs positioned themselves at the trade deadline to survive it and hopefully not miss a beat. Regardless, the Avalanche smoked the Calgary Flames with a 6-2 win on the road, with very few flaws to speak of as the stars dominate and the new guys already look like a perfect fit. Can they continue it on the second half of a back to back in Vancouver? Also, are the Stars just not all that after blowing a lead to Florida, or are the Panthers just all that? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trade deadline has come, and the Colorado Avalanche are definitively better than they were this time last week. Three more trades came through as the Avalanche acquired Yakov Trenin and Brandon Duhaime to round out their bottom six, and put the finishing touches on a true Stanley Cup contending roster. The reinforcements have fully arrived with Val Nichushkin's return to the lineup and the debut of all four new additions to the roster, taking down the Minnesota Wild in overtime, complete with Nichushkin scoring the winner. Finally, looking around the league after the trade deadline concludes. Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche really did it. The Colorado Avalanche have traded Bo Byram to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Casey Mittelstadt, at long last solving their need at second line center for the foreseeable future, but at the cost of a beloved player in Byram. But not just that, the Avs set that deal up by acquiring Sean Walker from the Philadelphia Flyers for Ryan Johansen and a 2025 1st Round pick, opening the space to move Byram and freeing up cap space. These blockbusters drastically change the outlook of the Avalanche for both the rest of this season and the future, so where do they stand now as the dust settles on MacFarland's ballsiest moves ever? Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avalanche took care of the Blackhawks with another 5-0 shutout win, but really disappointed with a 5-1 loss in Nashville against the Predators that squandered their recent momentum. The road performances are a big problem, and the lack of drive in the third period was incredibly baffling. Justus Annunen has ended the trade talks for a backup goalie, is there any conversation he could start in goal? The trade deadline is essentially here, and when you have Nathan MacKinnon performing at this level, you can't waste it with half-in, half-out moves. Make a deal. Welcome to The Tell It Avs It Is Podcast, your home for everything Colorado Avalanche on The Hockey Podcast Network! Join hosts Griffin Youngs and Christian Bolle twice a week as they brings you up to date and unique analysis on all things Colorado Avalanche and NHL. Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7aveTJBXg2RkMkhi8 Follow Griffin on Twitter: @GYoungsNHL Follow Christian on Twitter: @Christian_Bolle Follow the show on Twitter: @TellItAvsItIs The Hockey Podcast Network - @hockeypodnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices