The Colorado Avalanche have a plethora of young players. In fact, for the last five years or so, it feels like you could say that every season. As the team moves forward with their youth movement, though, it’s certainly truer now than ever.
When you have a young team like the Avalanche, it’s fun to watch the players grow into their team roles and even relationships. You’re basically watching them become adults.
I like to watch them develop their kinships. We’ve seen in through the years with Matt Duchene and Paul Stastny, Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Barrie, and more recently with Tyson Jost and J.