After the Colorado Avalanche were tied to just about every big name available — from Henrik Lundvist and Chris Kreider to Jonathan Drouin and Joe Thornton — it is officially past the 2020 NHL trade deadline and the general manager Joe Sakic and the Avs have told the NHL world one thing with their deadline-day moves:
They like where they’re at.
Now whether the fans like it or not, this is the team Colorado will take to the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, which starts in roughly six weeks.