Hockey doesn’t get louder or prouder in Denver than when the Avalanche beats the hated Red Wings. When Nathan MacKinnon scored Tuesday for a 4-3 overtime victory, it was a sweet blast from the past. So here’s a champagne toast to the rockin’ good times of the good old days.
But now it’s time for this team to get down to the serious business of tanking.
Lose for Hughes.
Jack Hughes, a 17-year-old center born in Florida to a hockey-crazy family, is not only considered a lock to be the No. 1 pick in this year’s NHL draft, he’s believed to possess the once-in-a-decade talent to transform the fortunes of a woebegone franchise.