{"id":67208,"date":"2025-08-08T08:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/67208\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:33:10","slug":"deens-daily-my-ideas-for-celebrating-avalanches-30th-anniversary-new-skills-coach-hired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/67208\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: My Ideas For Celebrating Avalanche&#8217;s 30th Anniversary; New Skills Coach Hired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avs made their final coaching hire for the upcoming season. Also, the latest Avalanche Mailbag had questions about the team\u2019s upcoming 30th anniversary and how it should be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 August 7.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>There was more news than usual on Wednesday, in the sense that a hockey team did literally anything. While most of the league is quiet, the Avalanche finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Popovic, a former NHL defenseman who has called Colorado home since retiring from pro hockey in 2017, has been added to Jared Bednar\u2019s staff as the skills coach.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about him below.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/06\/avalanche-hire-mark-popovic-as-skills-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche Hire Mark Popovic as Skills Coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, in the second half of the August Mailbag, I touched on all sorts of things. There were questions about Bednar and Chris MacFarland feeling the pressure, the possibility of trying to target another Bruins centerman on the trade market, PTOs, and the team\u2019s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>I listed some of the ideas I\u2019d like to see from the team during the season, as they celebrate 30 years in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/06\/avalanche-mailbag-2-0-avalanches-30th-anniversary-pressure-on-bednar-and-macfarland-trading-for-zacha-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche Mailbag 2.0: Avalanche\u2019s 30th Anniversary, Pressure on Bednar and MacFarland, Trading for Zacha, &amp; More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0It\u2019s 8\/7, which is unofficially Sidney Crosby day. The Penguin\u2019s legend turns 38 today, and PHN has some thoughts on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/shelly-anderson-wish-for-whatever-you-want-blow-out-the-candles-sidney-crosby-pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how we should treat him<\/a> for the rest of his NHL career.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Hockey Now:\u00a0James Nichols at NJHN takes a moment <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/07\/new-jersey-devils-news-nichols-lets-get-real-about-the-offseason-thus-far\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to get real on how the Devils\u2019 offseason<\/a> has unfolded thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now: How fun is the cover for the <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/tkachuk-family-affair-on-cover-of-ea-sports-nhl26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deluxe version of NHL 26?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Detroit Hockey Now: It\u2019s not official yet, but it\u2019s leaning that way. <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/07\/former-red-wings-scorer-talks-about-his-hockey-future-vrana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Red Wings forward<\/a> is likely playing in Sweden for the upcoming season.<\/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\/07\/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 made their final coaching hire for the upcoming season. 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