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Colorado Avalanche Rebuild: Building the New Core

There is really nothing enjoyable about watching the Colorado Avalanche this season. However, it is fun to speculate on what the new core may look like next season.

On a side note, my co-editor, Nadia Archuleta, has been the one writing all of these rebuild posts, but I figured I’d take a stab at one.

Here’s a list of the rebuild posts up to this point:

The current core — generally thought to consist of Erik Johnson, Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Duchene, Gabe Landeskog, Semyon Varlamov, and Tyson Barrie — just isn’t getting the job done.

Which is why Matt Duchene and Gabe Landeskog are the subject of some heavy rumors currently.