Mile High Hockey · Feb 19, 2020
Morning Flurries: It’s silly season
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty ImagesWe’re down to less than one week to go until trade deadline on Monday. But first the Colorado Avalanche have games to play, and that includes tonight in hosting the New York Islanders.
The Avalanche are losing Mikko Rantanen for “weeks” and that forced GM Joe Sakic to make up the talent deficit with their former 16th-overall pick from the 2018 draft, calling up Martin Kaut to make his NHL debut tonight. Exact lines are not known at this time but head coach Jared Bednar indicated he might see time with Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Matt Nieto in an important defensive role.