{"id":121415,"date":"2025-08-30T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121415\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:03:08","slug":"deens-daily-avalanches-opening-night-roster-spot-penn-state-outdoor-game-is-dobson-enough-for-habs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121415\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: Avalanche&#8217;s Opening Night Roster Spot; Penn State Outdoor Game; Is Dobson Enough For Habs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avs are skating at Family Sports, and it looks like new faces are making an appearance almost daily. Also, Mitch Marner chatted with a reporter about his unceremonious departure from Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 August 30.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>The additions of Victor Olofsson and Joel Kiviranta in August means the Avs now have 12 NHL regular veterans under contract for the 2025-26 season. But the expectation is that Logan O\u2019Connor will start the season injured.<\/p>\n<p>That means at least one non-regular should crack the opening roster. Will it be Ivan Ivan for the second year in a row? Or will a new trade acquisition and two rookies give him a run for his money?<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/29\/4-prospects-that-could-earn-a-permanent-roster-spot-with-avalanche\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 4 Prospects That Could Earn a Permanent Roster Spot With Avalanche<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0Assessing the power rankings for the Metropolitan Division. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/metro-division-power-rankings-penguins-too-good\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where will the Pens finish?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Hockey Now:\u00a0The Habs upgraded their defense with Noah Dobson. <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/29\/montreal-canadiens-areas-improvement-defence-guhle-dobson-hutson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is it enough?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philly Hockey Now:<a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/29\/penn-state-outdoor-game-sets-the-stage-for-the-inevitable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/29\/penn-state-outdoor-game-sets-the-stage-for-the-inevitable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penn State is hosting Michigan State<\/a> in an outdoor game on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now:\u00a0The Panthers have mostly the same roster as the one that won the Stanley Cup in June. But three new names <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-new-numbers-game-who-wore-it-best\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">means new numbers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vegas Hockey Now:\u00a0More on the Mitch Marner exit from Toronto, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/29\/unacceptable-invasion-of-privacy-drove-marner-out-of-toronto\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how it landed him in Vegas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Hockey Now:\u00a0Luke Hughes still doesn\u2019t have a contract for this season. Devils GM <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/30\/new-jersey-devils-news-tom-fitzgerald-speaks-on-luke-hughes-contract-standoff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Fitzgerald talks about the standoff.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Avs are skating at Family Sports, and it looks like new faces are making an appearance almost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1222,1223,831,76642,4274,385,77848,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-121415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado-avalanche","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-ivan-ivan","12":"tag-mitch-marner","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-noah-dobson","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}