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Keeler: Gabe Landeskog’s skating. Mikko Rantanen’s scoring. If beat-up Avalanche won’t quit on season, why should Colorado GM Chris MacFarland do the same?

Cursed? Doomed? Lost season? These Avs? If that’s what it says in the script, then somebody in the production office forgot to send Mikko Rantanen a copy.

“We never put our heads down when we go down,” Rantanen said Sunday after slotting home the game-winner with 21.1 seconds left in overtime as the Avalanche rallied for a wild, woolly 6-5 overtime victory over Edmonton at Ball Arena.

“Even though (it happened) three times in the game … (we) just stick with it. So I think it’s a mental thing.”

The NHL regular season is hockey’s Daytona 500, where finishing in one piece is half the battle.