Enjoy the last 9PM or later start of the month as the Canes kick off a 2 game road swing in Denver against the defending champs. It's too early for morning skate updates, but Freddie ended up on IR and Turbo didn't get on the plane either. Stepan will fold back in and we'll see how Brind'Amour shuffles the forwards. He went with Aho centering Svech and Necas a fair amount on Thursday, but that's a lot of eggs in one basket.
Colorado is on a 3 game win streak, but that involved two wins over a flatlining Blue Jackets team and one against moribund Nashville ... so ... yeah. The Avs have scuffled a bit early on and sit at 7-4-1. Georgiev has been very good for them in net and will probably go tonight. Francouz, not so much. This is basically a two game home and home set, with both teams taking a detour to play somebody else in between. Colorado has been VERY top heavy in terms of production, so look for the Canes to be very careful with matchups in both games.
Colorado is on a 3 game win streak, but that involved two wins over a flatlining Blue Jackets team and one against moribund Nashville ... so ... yeah. The Avs have scuffled a bit early on and sit at 7-4-1. Georgiev has been very good for them in net and will probably go tonight. Francouz, not so much. This is basically a two game home and home set, with both teams taking a detour to play somebody else in between. Colorado has been VERY top heavy in terms of production, so look for the Canes to be very careful with matchups in both games.
