Two years ago, following an NHL-low 48-point season, the Avalanche had first dibs on the waiver wire through September. And they were excited about adding players who weren’t deemed good enough to begin the season on other teams.
Today, Colorado is one of those “other” teams — a franchise forced to waive good players it wants to keep.
The Avs are no longer a work in progress, a team looking for used parts, but a team looking to get better with what they already have. And their partners up in Loveland, the Colorado Eagles, might become the best American Hockey League affiliate the Avs have ever had.