The Colorado Avalanche are a team I understand again.
The Avs perplexed me in the NHL draft — I was so sure they were going to take big forward Logan Brown that I misunderstood GM Joe Sakic when he announced “From the Pentiction Vees…” I thought for a second he was talking about the Peaky Blinders TV show.
Beyond Cameron Morrison, whom I targeted but for the third round (he went second to Colorado) the rest of the picks seemed equally perplexing to me. It’s just that the players were small by Colorado Avalanche standards. Pound-for-pound, the team had gotten way more hockey player in the 2015 NHL draft.