The Colorado Avalanche are short a couple wings. Unfortunately, it’s their best wings who are missing. Both Mikko Rantanen and now Gabriel Landeskog are out with injuries.
So’s Colin Wilson, but at this point, that’s just an annoyance.
All teams suffer from injuries. In fact, the St. Louis Blues just found out their star forward, Vladimir Tarasenko, is out for the season. And the Pittsburgh Penguins have been without star forward Evgeni Malkin since the second game, though apparently he’s been secretly applying for American citizenship and participating in cryptocurrency scams.
Compared to that, week-to-week for Rantanen and significantly more — though not season-ending — for Landeskog seems pretty minor.