At long last, members of the Colorado Avalanche core will be returning to Pepsi Center tonight. According to a tweet from the Colorado Avalanche PR department, the lineup will include Semyon Varlamov, Nathan MacKinnon, and Erik Johnson:
This makes plenty of sense, as E.J. and MacK have been back from the World Cup the longest. Their understanding of the new systems will likely benefit from some in-game experience, and Coach Bednar will get to see his systems using two of his best players.
I’m especially excited to see MacKinnon operate in a North-South system that stresses being on the attack as much as possible.