It’s the dawn of a new season of hockey in Colorado, and with it comes new attitudes and expectations for the Avalanche. After a slow start derailed the club’s playoff hopes last year, those on the team are more than ready to get the 2015-16 campaign underway.
“It’s been a long summer. I think everybody’s pretty anxious to get going,” Avs center Matt Duchene said during media day on Thursday at Pepsi Center. “This year, we just want to be a good team. We want to push every night, and we don’t want to beat ourselves like we did last year.