With mere hours before the NHL trade deadline, we are getting reports that a new team has emerged in the Erik Karlsson trade sweepstakes - the Colorado Avalanche. Earlier I wrote about how the Avalanche could benefit from helping facilitate a Karlsson trade to a contender, now it looks like they might be thinking bigger than that.
This evening, Jonathan Davis of SiriusXM NHL has thrown out the Avalanche as a potential trade destination for Karlsson - along with Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan.