The Colorado Avalanche recently changed the look of their defense core with the Matt Duchene trade. The team added Samuel Girard, a nineteen year old prospect, who looked quite impressive in his first two games with the Avs. At the same time, the team lost Anton Lindholm for the foreseeable future with a broken jaw. So basically, there are still 8 d-men for 6 spots.
Nikita Zadorov has been a healthy scratch in four of the team’s last seven games, earning the ire of coach Jared Bednar along the way. I believe that Zadorov being a scratch needs to end.