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Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos

Hockey is finally back — and if all goes well, it’s back for good.

The NHL saw teams kick off their shortened training camps on Sunday, January 3rd, as all 31 clubs prepare for a sudden kick-off to the 115-day, 56-game season set to begin on January 13th.

The Avalanche are one of the teams who managed to escape an off-season full of injuries and flat cap crises with a relatively unscathed roster, something that was on full display when their roster was revealed ahead of the start of camp. And hoo boy, does that returning roster look pretty lethal when you stack it up against the rest of the league:

Fantasy lineup aggregation site Daily Faceoff revealed what Colorado’s line combinations are projected to look like through training camp, complete with the fantasy rankings for each player and how that leaves each line stacking up around the league.