Colorado Avalanche Season Preview: Atlantic Division

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesContinuing on our season preview for the Avs against the world comes the Atlantic Division. The Atlantic has been the powerhouse of the Eastern Conference the last couple of years, with the Lightning winning out of the East the previous three years and the Bruins back in 2019.

Even if just those two have been to the Stanley Cup Final in the last four years out of the East, there are still plenty of solid names. They will still be the top dog against a top-heavy Metropolitan Division. So what should we expect this season based on the last time the Avs played these Atlantic teams?

In what was a heavily contested game back on December 12, the Avs would…