Deen’s Daily: 4 Nations Starts Today; How Other Avs Are Spending Their Break; Crosby Gets Much-Deserved Honor

Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, and Devon Toews are set to drop the puck on the start of the 4 Nations Face-Off today. How are the other Avs spending their break? Also, Sidney Crosby was honored with a trophy named after him.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — February 12.

Colorado Hockey Now

There are 96 players partaking in the 4 Nations Face-Off, four of which play for the Avalanche. But that also leaves almost 650 others who are enjoying a lengthy vacation until practices resume closer to Feb. 20 for teams around the league. How are the Avs going to spend their time away from hockey? Colleen Flynn caught up with several of them to get the inside track.

Ask Us Anything! Get your questions in for the Avalanche Mailbag by Friday.

Check out the latest episode of my podcast, Rinkside with Aarif Deen — 4 Nations Lines & Rantanen Speculation | February 11, 2025.

Around the NHL

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Crosby got a QMJHL trophy named after him — a much-deserved honor for the hockey legend.

Philadelphia Hockey Now: A review of which Flyers are partaking in the 4 Nations Face-Off, which includes a couple of Canadians who open the tournament this evening.

New Jersey Hockey Now: Stock Up/Stock Down for the Devils heading into the break.

NYI Hockey Now: If Brock Nelson were to sign an extension with the Islanders, what would that look like?

Detroit Hockey Now: Dominik Hasek responds to Henrik Zetterberg about Russian athletes via an article from my colleague in Detroit, Bob Duff.

San Jose Hockey Now: As you probably know, Alexandar Georgiev is big into reading. What’s he reading these days?

Boston Hockey Now: Three reasons to be optimistic the Bruins will make the playoffs.

Vegas Hockey Now: The Golden Knights were linked to the Blues’ captain in trade rumors.