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NHL News: Colorado Avalanche fire Tony Granato
Sportsnet.ca is reporting that Tony Granato was let go as head coach of the Avalanche today as part of a major house cleaning: The full story from sportsnet. The list includes head coach Tony Granato, assistant coaches Jacques Cloutier and Dave Barr, goaltending coach Jeff Hackett, Assistant to...
Final Grade: Francois Giguere
This is the final grade for Francois Giguere. It only covers the period from after the end of the playoffs in 2008 to the end of this season. Joined Team: Francois Giguere joined the Avalanche as GM in May of 2006, having previously served as the Dallas Stars' Assistant GM. Giguere had been...
Conflicting Stories
The Colorado Avalanche are notorious for their Soviet-like vise grip on any and all information relating to the team. This complete lack of respect for their fanbase is, of course, infuriating. The Avalanche made a huge organizational change yesterday but instead of getting excited about the...
Avalanche GM Francois Giguere Fired
Well, that didn't take long. Francois Giguere has been fired by the Avalanche and will be replaced by Pierre Lacroix "until a new management structure is announced." I said last night that I thought moves would happen quickly. I was planning to write about Giguere later today, actually, but...
Mercis, Mais Non Merci
With the season all but over (and the draft lottey just one week from today) our attentions are naturally shifting from the steaming pile of poo dumped onto the ice a few nights a week to the folks who are responsible for said poo. This upcoming offseason is a critical one for the Colorado...
Giguere On The Deadline
Shane posted this last night over at Avs Talk, but I thought I'd put it up here as well. Nothing extremely earth-shattering, but still interesting to watch. </center>
Giguere Might Be A Little "Out There"
Okay, I grant that every NHL general manager is supposed to say his team is great and that they have high expectations and that the Stanley Cup is a realistic goal. PR is PR, right? But I think Avalanche GM Francois Giguere probably doesn't believe himself when he says Colorado has a shot at the...
Giguere Flies To Worlds, Maybe To Woo Burns
And no, I didn't say "Boo-urns."This little bit from Rick Sadowski over at the RMN wasn't posted until late yesterday afternoon so I didn't get a chance to link to it, but it's definitely becoming more clear that Avalanche general manager Francois Giguere is shopping his options. Or shoptions, if...
Francois Giguere is Okay I Guess
Ken Campbell at the Hockey News ranks the general managers: Francois Giguere, Colorado Giguere inherited a franchise on the decline more than a year ago and while he hasn’t exactly vaulted it back into contender status, he has done an admirable job of righting things in Colorado. Despite his...
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