Colorado Avalanche Alum John-Michael Liles talks NHL Defense

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4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Former Colorado Avalanche defenseman and Altitude broadcast member John-Michael Liles joins the DNVR Avalanche Podcast to talk Cale Makar, defense, Avalanche alumni and more. Intro - 0:00 Playing at the olympics - 2:00 Favorite D partner - 17:00 How has the position changed? - 19:30 Avs Alumni - 25:00 JML just being humble? - 32:34 What will the evolution of defensemen look like? - 38:04 Life after NHL - 46:18 Back to yesterday’s convo - 52:00 📬 Denver sports in your inbox: https://thednvr.com/newsletter An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports MERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-locker SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports WWE at the DNVR Bar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wwe-summerslamwatch-party-tickets-1517484851039?aff=oddtdtcreator Cake Mortgage: Get started on your Cake Mortgage home loan today at https://start-nonqm-dnvr-sports.cakehome.com/ Toyota: Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Toyota - Let’s Go Places! First Bank: So, if you're ready for better banking and the chance to earn a little extra, head to efirstbank.com/bonus. Certain restrictions and requirements apply. Member FDIC. Monarch Money: Use Monarch Money to get control of your overall finances with 50% off your first year at https://www.monarchmoney.com/dnvr bet365: Go to https://www.bet365.com/hub/en-us/app-hero-banner-1?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=usapp&utm_medium=affiliate&affiliate=365_03485318 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up. Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER Coors Light: Delivery on Instacart at https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado. Gametime: Download the app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Shady Rays: Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Get 10 FREE meals at https://hellofresh.com/freeavalanche. Applied across 7 boxes, new subscribers only, varies by plan. https://www.bet365.com/hub/en-us/app-hero-banner-1?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=usapp&utm_medium=affiliate&affiliate=365_03485318 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up. Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #coloradoavalanche #hockey #hockeypodcast

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the BNVR Avalanche podcast.
0:04.0	We've got Biggie, we've got Ruto, and we've got special guest, John Michael Lyle.
0:08.0	Johnny, thank you for joining us today. It should be a fun show.
0:12.0	Absolutely.
0:14.0	First of all, how's the wine cave doing in this off-vision?
0:18.0	You know, I opened it up and there was a lot of dust in here.
0:23.0	It's been a while since I've been in here.
0:25.6	So it's nice to pop back in, but yeah, I had to do a little bit of cleaning before jumping
0:31.7	on camera.
0:32.9	And I like that Hockey Nighting Canada towel.
0:36.1	I love it.
0:54.5	Yeah, those are coveted, right? And I mean, like I grew up in Indiana, so it wasn't, you know, we didn't get hockey night in Canada, but once I went to college, you kind of understand the magnitude because I was at Michigan State and Michigan watching hockey night in Canada every Saturday night with the Canadian guys on our team and it was like that towel was coveted.
1:00.6	And so, yeah, it's it's one of those things that you're going to keep it forever.
1:05.0	My roommate in high school, we used to put it on, like put it around our net.
1:09.1	One was the interviewer, the other one was getting interviewed
1:11.8	and we always did that it was so funny you know i mean and it was like yeah maybe that's why
1:17.5	we're so good at it but whatever uh i want to get to the ab stuff in a second but i wanted to start
1:26.3	with you had the opportunity to play for the U.S. at the Olympic Games, the NHL finally getting players to go back to that.
1:35.0	Can you just talk about what it means a little bit to play at something like an Olympics?
1:39.9	It's extremely special.
1:41.9	And anytime you wear your country's jersey, it just means so much.
1:47.0	I had the privilege of playing for the U.S. national team back by junior and senior year
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