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Avs don’t need Evan Rodrigues to be Nazem Kadri. But with Gabriel Landeskog hurt, they need Rodrigues now more than ever.

If you’re an Avs fan who’s penciled in Evan Rodrigues as the guy charged with filling a Nazem-Kadri-sized hole in coach Jared Bednar’s top six, you might want to keep that eraser handy.

“(You) just play your own game,” Rodrigues, who signed a 1-year, $2 million free-agent deal with Colorado on Sept. 12, said during the first day of Avs training camp Thursday.

“You can’t focus on the media, what fans are saying or anything like that. You’ve got to stay in your own head and stay confident … I’m just here to help this team win games.