The theme for the Colorado Avalanche is fostering a Stanley Cup attitude. Recently, Colorado has been trading with fellow non-playoff teams, such as acquiring Shawn Matthias from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mikkel Boedker from the Arizona Coyotes and Eric Gelinas from the New Jersey Devils.
Those were good acquisitions, especially if Colorado can sign either Boedker or, more likely, Matthias. However, last summer they acquired Blake Comeau from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Francois Beauchemin from the Anaheim Ducks in free agency.