

In 15 games since the deadline passed without a big trade, Compher has seven points (three goals). It’s why Bednar hinted the week of the trade deadline that while he likes Compher at 2C, he would love even more to have Compher at 3C. Compher fills that hole adequately as an all-purpose player, but his offensive game isn’t the same as Kadri’s. Kadri is still the gaping hole at the (second line) center of the roster. It happened to the Avalanche last season, from Sam Girard to Darcy Kuemper to Nazem Kadri. When preparing to make a deep run, teams have to account for the reality that they will lose players along the way. But at this point in the season, to argue that in a vacuum would be to ignore everything that has happened so far, not to mention the identity of playoff hockey.Ĭolorado has not been fully healthy all season, and injuries are unavoidable even for the lucky teams in the grind-it-out postseason. Maybe Gabriel Landeskog eventually, too, if the Avs are lucky. The argument to be made in support of Colorado’s depth is that Lehkonen will be back in the playoffs. “Cooking with gas the whole year (last season). Deeper team,” Bednar said when asked what’s making the best opponents more strenuous lately. Minnesota’s excellent defense kept the quartet in check, limiting all of them to zero points, and lived with the results: two Avalanche goals, one on a fortunate breakaway out of the penalty box. Manage them, and the rest takes care of itself: The Avs managed only seven goals during those games that weren’t scored or assisted by any of those four. What happens when teams do everything they can to focus on containing one line? In those seven telling March games, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Cale Makar and Nichushkin were fairly limited, combining for 16 points. Colorado’s only March win against a playoff opponent was a tense defensive standoff in Toronto that lasted until a shootout, with no goals after the first period. (Against the same opponents in February, they went 4-1-2.)ĭuring those seven matchups, Colorado averaged 2.43 goals (1.86 at even strength) per game while averaging 4.78 goals against non-playoff teams. The Avs (44-24-6) finished the month of March with a 10-5-1 record, continuing their upward momentum in the West that started in mid-January, but only 1-5-1 against teams that would make the NHL playoffs if the season ended today. And with the playoffs less than three weeks away, it’s what separates this Avalanche team from last year’s Stanley Cup-winning buzzsaw. That was the feeling of helpless inevitability as the Avs attempted to claw back from down 3-1 in the third period of an eventual 4-2 loss to the Wild. Who’s going to score when the top group isn’t on the ice? Once the Avalanche had faltered early and needed to scramble back Wednesday, it became clear what might nag this team in the playoffs.įans felt the sinking feeling in their stomachs whenever Nathan MacKinnon’s line skated to the bench for a change. NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926 to 1928.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu.
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The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 1946 to 1949, plus 1964.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1946 to 1977.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926.The Tempo News website provides free digital access to issues from 2015 to the present.The History Center holds print copies of a limited number of issues between 19.The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 2019 to the present.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1910 to 1925.Sarasota Times (and Sarasota County Times) NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1913.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1954 to 1963.Google News offers free digital access to issues from 1952 to 1982.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1972 to 1979.NewsBank (accessible through the library system) offers digital access to issues from 1996 to the present.Selby Library offers microfilm access to issues from 1925 to 2010.NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1918-1978.Sarasota Herald-Tribune (and predecessors) NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1995 to 2003.The following is a guide to accessing newspapers relating to Sarasota County, organized alphabetically by title. Newspapers offer a wealth of historical information about communities and the people who lived in them.
