Tag: josh kroenke
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Mark Kiszla: Avs’ championship window closes when Joe Sakic leaves Ball Arena
The Avalanche have gone back to the future, scheming to hoist the Stanley Cup again by doing it the only way this NHL franchise knows how. Let Super Joe do the heavy lifting. “We could panic and try to blow everything up and start all over,” Joe Sakic said Thursday, vowing to run it back…
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Mark Kiszla: The Avs have what the Nuggets don’t — a championship mentality
The Avs and Nuggets are neighbors who live under the same arena roof, but their definitions of success seem to have been discovered on different planets. For the hockey team, winning is all that matters. “It’s like Cup or bust, Cup or bust. Well, we’ve got one Cup. It’s hard to win, OK? But I…
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Nuggets president Josh Kroenke confident in Denver’s championship culture ahead of pivotal offseason
If there’s one thing Josh Kroenke likes to think he understands, it’s championship culture. The Nuggets’ president proudly boasted his family’s championship capital at an end-of-season press conference Friday that came too soon for many in Denver. The trophy case includes the Nuggets’ 2023 Larry O’Brien Trophy, the Avalanche’s 2022 Stanley Cup and the Los…
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Mark Kiszla: ‘Joker Halo Effect’ trapped the Nuggets in luxury tax
The miracle of Nikola Jokic that brought Denver a long-sought championship also landed the Nuggets in the mess they’re stuck in now. Joker is too great for the team’s own good. While that might sound crazy, his generational talent fooled Stan and Josh Kroenke into believing they had a core worthy of being a perennial…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Nuggets need to end era when team depends on Joker to do it all
This won’t happen, but the Nuggets’ best chance to win again just might be trading Nikola Jokic. I don’t want that to happen, but not a lot of options to move forward unless ownership pays heavy luxury tax, which it won’t do. – K&C, sees end of era Kiz: This team cries out for an…