Going into last season, the biggest criticism of the Colorado Avalanche lineup was how weak their blueline was. Beyond Erik Johnson, Tyson Barrie and Nikita Zadorov, there were just a bunch of question marks. While the acquisition of Samuel Girard in the Matt Duchene trade strengthened the defense significantly, there is still a lot of work to do before Joe Sakic feels fully comfortable.
Sakic spoke about ‘staying the course’. He mentioned that the team is going to stick with their youth movement, and that has many fans speculating that there isn’t going to be a whole lot of change to the roster.