On the plus side, the Colorado Avalanche got their superstud rookie, Cale Makar, back. On the bad side, the (hated) Minnesota Wild spoiled his return by scoring three unanswered goals (the last an empty netter) to beat the Avs.
You hate to see it. You just hate to see that team beating the Avalanche, especially here in Colorado.
But let’s focus on the positive for a moment — Cale is back. Now, I’d like to have seen the coaching staff ease Makar back in just a little bit, but instead they gave him the most ice time of anyone on the team — 23:23.