Last night seemed like one of those games that was too good to be true. The Vancouver Cancucks had repeatedly stomped our Colorado Avalanche and it was time for some payback. Despite what people seem to think, this team is fighting for a playoff spot, and the window for making the post season is rapidly diminishing with each loss. Yet what happened last night was nothing short of soul crushing for this team.
This just doesn’t seem to be the season for Ruslan Salei. He played a single game to start the season and injured his back, missing the majority of the the games and only managing to play in one before the Olympics. While in Vancouver Salei captained Team Belarus, who unfortunately drop all four of their games before returning home. He then returned to the Avalanche to play in 4 more games, and that may be it for the season.
Tonight the Colorado Avalanche will see the triumphant return of veteran superstar Milan “the Duke” Hejduk, who has been sidelined with knee surgery and more recently back pain. To be honest, his talent and vision on ice have been missed of late, with the Avs dropping 2 of their last 3 games.
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, in a move I had just previously noted as “not going to happen,” the Colorado Avalanche have crept in under the deadline (the news trickled in after), acquiring Stephane Yelle and Harrison Reed for Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll and a 6th round pick.
The Colorado Avalanche are in Anaheim tonight, taking on the (formerly Mighty) Ducks in what seems to be a must win situation to maintain the race with the Vancouver Canucks for first place in the Northwest Division. There will a bit of a different roster tonight.
Colorado Avalanche forward and fan scapegoat Wojtek Wolski has been traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for the lesser equivalent of himself in Peter Mueller and former Hobey Baker winner Kevin Porter.
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