Colorade Avalanche face an injury crisis to test depth

Nathan MacKinnon left in the third period on Sunday (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)The Colorado Avalanche have been dealt some tough blows with injuries over the past couple of seasons.

Perhaps none more so than in the Stanley Cup Playoffs over the summer, playing Dallas without their top two netminders and numerous other players, and still taking them to seven games.

Now we have a new season, and a fresh start, but the same old injury worries for this club.

MacKinnon the Biggest Worry for the Avs

The Avs are currently without one netminder, two defenseman and three forwards, giving them six pieces of the puzzle missing.

The biggest of those is without a doubt Nathan MacKinnon.…