With the preseason behind us, the Colorado Avalanche ended 1-5 without too many regulars in any games. But the season opener is right around the corner on Wednesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights.
We will see plenty of regulars in the side who missed out on the postseason. But, due to injury and suspensions, there will also be plenty of new faces for fans to keep an eye on Here’s just some of those new names and predicted lines to start the year.
Projected Forward Lines
Jonathan Drouin (27) - Nathan MacKinnon (29) - Mikko Rantanen (96)
Nikolai Kovalenko (51) - Casey Mittelstadt (37) - Cal Ritchie (71)
Miles Wood (28) - Ross Colton (20) - Logan O’Connor (25)
Joel Kiviranta (94) - Ivan Ivan (82) - Parker Kelly (17)
Usual first-line shenanigans
Colorado’s first line should be what most fans are familiar with.