Most Avalanche players have fond memories of unwrapping hockey equipment at this time of year when they were growing up. Then there’s Mikko Rantanen’s favorite childhood gift.
See their answers below after three December takeaways.
1. Martin Kaut is getting another chance, but it’s a result of the team’s decreasing patience with call-ups. When the Avalanche needed to make a roster move Dec. 8, they could’ve reassigned a young player to the AHL without waivers. Instead, Kaut was placed on waivers — at the risk of losing him without getting anyone back. It sent a pretty clear message.Jared Bednar said at the time.
Kaut cleared waivers and two weeks later he was back in Denver. Bednar said it was because Charles Hudon and Jean-Luc Foudy struggled. “It’s not ideal to keep changing guys out,” he said. “But we also can’t watch guys play really well in one game and then go on a decline and just accept it.”in which “geographic rivals” play each other more often, as opposed to the current setup where every team plays in every city, every season.
Only three other NHL teams are within 800 miles. The Coyotes are closest. The Phoenix airport is 602 miles from Denver’s. Las Vegas is 628. St. Louis is 772. Geographic rivals do not exist here. 3. After the Avs’ fourth overtime game in two weeks, Rantanen described an interesting strategy for 3-on-3 to keep in mind: “Obviously the first draw is really important. Possession, just to keep it. What I would do, I think, the first 30 seconds, just keep the puck and don’t let them change. Because chasing guys around for 30 seconds is going to wear you down. And then maybe make a change in the O-zone, and then you have fresh guys against the guys who’ve been on the ice 40 seconds.
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