Tonight the Colorado Avalanche are coming to Bridgestone Arena to face the Nashville Predators in their quest for the first overall draft pick.
Last place in the NHL by a substantial margin, this season has not been kind to the Avalanche. GM Joe Sakic has to be burning up from the hot seat he occupies. This team seems so far away from being competitive any time soon and he’ll have to do his best to max out their returns from the trade deadline. While some people are saying that Sakic could turn out better deals for players like Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog around the draft, will Sakic still have a job by then? If he fears that he may not, then the likelihood of more pieces moving now…
