Sure, the No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines are coming to town in two weeks, but those dishes aren’t going to wash themselves.

Choose your words wisely around Nathan MacKinnon.

Choose your words wisely around Nathan MacKinnon.

Choose your words wisely around Nathan MacKinnon.

Nathan MacKinnon did mention on media day that he had thought about some things he might do differently this season.

Every year, there are 15 teams that finish a grueling NHL season with playoff failure.

Every year, there are 15 teams that finish a grueling NHL season with playoff failure.

The winningest coach in Colorado Avalanche franchise history has a new contract.

Traveling to see the Avalanche? Our Avs writer shares the best local coffee shops and tea spots in every NHL city.

Traveling to see the Avalanche? Our Avs writer shares the best local coffee shops and tea spots in every NHL city.

When Brock Nelson was approaching free agency, he had a pretty good idea of what might be out there if he reached July 1 without a contract.

The Avs’ glue guy set career highs with 21 goals, 35 points last season, and hopes to sustain his success this season.

For a little more than seven months, the Colorado Avalanche rolled through the NHL last season with statistical dominance and the results to match in nearly every facet of the game.

The Avs’ glue guy set career highs with 21 goals, 35 points last season, and hopes to sustain his success this season.

It’s not hard for Zachary L’Heureux to diagnose where his style of hockey comes from.

Like everything about Valeri Nichushkin’s time with the Colorado Avalanche, how the club moves forward without him is … complicated.

Martin Necas knew the Colorado Avalanche returned its top six defensemen from last season, but he still did a double-take the first time he saw the guy who sits next to him at Family Sports Center.

Mackenzie Blackwood has always been a workout warrior, at a level that even other NHL players marvel at.

No team in the NHL has won more games or collected more points in the regular season since Gabe Landeskog lifted the Stanley Cup than the Colorado Avalanche.

No team in the NHL has won more games or collected more points in the regular season since Gabe Landeskog lifted the Stanley Cup than the Colorado Avalanche.

Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar is dealing with a lower-body injury and unlikely to be ready for the start of training camp, coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday at the team’s media day.

For a team with 17 regulars back from a deep playoff run, there will still be intrigue at Colorado Avalanche training camp.

Ryleigh Kulak, the oldest daughter of Avalanche defenseman Brett Kulak, will have time to make some friends.

Joe Sakic is the Colorado Avalanche’s general manager, and there is no plan for that to change anytime soon.

Joe Sakic is the Colorado Avalanche’s general manager, and there is no plan for that to change anytime soon.

The name of the game at the top of the Western Conference this season is stability.

Nikita Prishchepov is going to be a valuable member of the Colorado Avalanche organization this season regardless of how he performs on the ice.

This will officially be the longest regular season in the NHL since the Colorado Avalanche moved to Denver.

This will officially be the longest regular season in the NHL since the Colorado Avalanche moved to Denver.

For nearly two decades, the discourse with superstar NHL players has been they are underpaid relative to their impact in the league’s salary cap world.

There have been a few seismic moments in the NHL this summer as the financial situation changes rapidly.

It’s been a quiet summer on the long-term planning front for the Colorado Avalanche.

Ball Arena will become a Navarre outpost for a night again this season.

Eighteen months ago, Christian Humphreys took a detour on his development path and then everything changed in more ways than one.

Eighteen months ago, Christian Humphreys took a detour on his development path and then everything changed in more ways than one.