{"id":257056,"date":"2025-09-26T21:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257056\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:35:12","slug":"3-takeaways-from-avalanche-preseason-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257056\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Takeaways from Avalanche Preseason Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you were to walk into Friday\u2019s Avalanche practice not knowing what time of the season it was, you might think it was mid or even closer to the playoffs. The intensity is high and the team is ready to get at it.<\/p>\n<p>From the first line down, everyone was skating hard and exhibited a healthy level of competition for a preseason practice. And they\u2019re still having fun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAvsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GoAvsGo<\/a> squad No. 1 is fired up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRQV54u9ZN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JRQV54u9ZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleen Flynn (@CHNFlynn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHNFlynn\/status\/1971605111488319720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>First Takeaway: Scott Wedgewood looks really good. He changed his conditioning this summer (story coming soon) and looks confident and strong between the pipes. He\u2019s expected to start the season while Mackenzie Blackwood continues to rehab from a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Second Takeaway: Sparks were flying on the ice. Not just from skate blades but between teammates. The importance of training camp and preseason is to create chemistry and you can see it happening.<\/p>\n<p>The Ross Colton \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Victor Olofsson line looks solid. It\u2019s a possible line in Saturday\u2019s matchup against the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\"><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/09\/25\/where-will-ross-colton-fit-in-the-avs-lineup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where Will Ross Colton Fit In The Avs Lineup? (+)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\">Third Takeaway: A speedometer should be available for post-practice shots. Martin Necas has a powerful one, and you could see\/hear it as we were waiting to get into the room.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If only there were a speedometer on the net. Martin Necas has a pretty hard shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAvsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GoAvsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C7hicU2wGX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/C7hicU2wGX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleen Flynn (@CHNFlynn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHNFlynn\/status\/1971646654022631929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inside the Locker Room Side Notes: Brent Burns is as advertised. Finally got a chance to chat with him and he is as genuine as they get. Most surprising fact I learned about him is that he thought he was an early bird but this team has changed his perspective. He said he shows up at the parking lot thinking he\u2019s going to be the first car there and the lot is already full. That\u2019s the dedication and work ethic he is experiencing with this team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you were to walk into Friday\u2019s Avalanche practice not knowing what time of the season it was,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[4830,135213,28394,2995,1322,75670,293,111774,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-257056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-avalanche-news","10":"tag-brent-burns","11":"tag-colorado-avalanche","12":"tag-featured","13":"tag-martin-necas","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-scott-wedgewood","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115272753196634778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}