Coping with injuries, the Avs have their work cut out for them

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesInjuries are always commonplace in sports. For the Colorado Avalanche, it is always the case every year where the injury bug bites.

The Avs are getting the injury bug early this year, as they did last year as well. It leaves five names out for at least the next week. While Gabriel Landeskog and Darren Helm were already injured to start the year, three more names have joined them.

Those three names are going to hit hard and be missed on the ice. They would be Valeri Nichushkin, Bowen Byram, and Sam Girard. Nichuhshkin got surgery for his ankle, Byram has an LBI leaving him out week-to-week, and Girard with an LBI leaving him out day-to-day.

With those…