Deen’s Daily: An Exciting Avalanche Game 7 Tonight; Jets Can’t Close Out Blues

Colorado Avalanche. Dallas Stars. Game 7, tonight. Also, the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets are going the distance, with their Game 7 scheduled for Sunday.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — May 3.

Colorado Hockey Now

We’ve got a lot to go over today. First, my 10 Observations piece following Game 6 has quite a bit of behind-the-scenes stuff from the postgame media availability. You can read that here to prepare for what should be a classic tonight at American Airlines Center.

One of the players who took off in Game 6 was Valeri Nichushkin. Colleen Flynn was all over that story postgame.

Also, here’s a deep dive into everything the Avalanche are battling against tonight. From Mikko Rantanen, another Game 7 against Dallas, Pete DeBoer, and more.

Read More: History Lesson: The Avalanche Haven’t Won a Game 7 in 23 Years — Will Tonight Be Different?

Stanley Cup Playoffs Recap

Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues: Connor Hellebuyck is probably going to win a second straight Vezina Trophy. And given the lack of Nathan MacKinnon being a finalist for the Hart Trophy, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s going to win that too. But in the playoffs? It’s just not working. For the seventh straight road game, Hellebuyck surrendered 4+ goals and watched the third period from the bench as his Jets lost 5-2 in a potential clinching game. Suddenly, the Presidents’ Trophy winners will need to play a Game 7 in the opening round on Sunday.

Tonight’s Schedule

• Game 7: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars (6 pm MT on ABC)

Around The NHL

Several Award Finalists were announced on Friday

• Masterton Trophy: Gabriel Landeskog, Sean Monahan, and Marc-Andre Fleury
• Selke Trophy: Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov, and Anthony Cirelli
• Jack Adams Award: Scott Arniel, Spencer Carbery, Martin St. Louis
• Lady Byng Trophy: Jack Eichel, Anze Kopitar, and Brayden Point

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The five best moments in Marc-Andre Fleury’s career. What a run he’s had.

Philly Hockey Now: The Flyers interviewed a College hockey coach, and it wasn’t David Carle.

New Jersey Hockey Now: Mike Sullivan is now the new head coach of the New York Rangers. But it sounds like the Devils were hoping to get him last year.

Boston Hockey Now: Where the Bruins will look next now that Sullivan is off the table.

Detroit Hockey Now: It might feel like Steve Yzerman and Dylan Larkin are feuding. Or, maybe it’s all just being overblown.