Opening-night roster moves — including Mikko Rantanen making the team as an 18-year-old — is here. We’ll have a complete write-thru later online and in Wednesday’s paper.
Jack Skille is pegged to play right wing on fourth line, with center John Mitchell and Cody McLeod:
Avalanche lines and pairings Tuesday:
Comeau-Duchene-Iginla
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Tanguay
Rantanen-Soderberg-Rendulic
McLeod-Mitchell-Skille
Extra forward: Grigorenko
Beauchemin-Johnson
Barrie-Guenin
Stuart-Gormley
Zadorov-Holden
(Top six not identified)
Avalanche coach Patrick Roy talks about signing Jack Skille and keeping 18-year-old Mikko Rantanen:
Mikko Rantanen said he will continue to live out of a hotel for now.