Claude Giroux is an artist on skates. He also checks in at 5-foot-11. Dude’s about 185 pounds soaking wet.
Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic already has plenty of virtuosos.
The Avs needed bangers.
Colorado got better and bigger this month, all in the same breath. So, yeah, love that Sakic added a 6-foot-3, 220-pound bruiser (Josh Manson) to his defense. And how he subtracted a 5-11 forward (Tyson Jost) and replaced him with another 6-3 guy (Nico Sturm) to send to the boards.
Look, goaltending, same as it ever was, is going to say more about the Avs’ playoff destiny this spring than depth.