Of Joe Sakic’s trade deadline moves for the Avalanche, which one has turned out to be the biggest during Colorado’s Stanley Cup run: Josh Manson? Artturi Lehkonen? Andrew Cogliano, Nico Sturm?
Keeler: Dude, I want to be Joe Sakic when I grow up. With limited cap space and Stanley-Cup-or-bust expectations hanging over Chopper Circle, the Avs general manager had to be creative and selective to try and add the finishing pieces to a championship roster. This was about adding guys to supplement a long postseason run, filling in cracks to complement that superstar core of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabe Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar.