The Colorado Avalanche complete their exhibition season Thursday night, but there are still a few opening-night roster spots up for grabs before the Monday deadline.
Colorado head coach Jared Bednar during training camp at the Family Sports Center in Centennial September 21, 2023. The Colorado Avalanche have eschewed one big “cutdown day” in favor of a series of smaller alterations to the training camp roster, but the group who will be in Los Angeles for opening night is certainly starting to take shape.
The 33 left might seem like a big number with one exhibition game remaining, but several of those players are injured and will not be a factor for opening night. Gabriel Landeskog and Pavel Francouz are the most recognizable names, but Chris Wagner, Maros Jedlicka, Calum Ritchie, Jean-Luc Foudy and Alex Beaucage will all start the season either with the Eagles or rehabbing an injury.
2. Will Andrew Cogliano be ready for opening night? A couple of other projected regulars — Mikko Rantanen and Josh Manson — have been slowed in recent days by injuries, but Bednar said he expects both for the Kings. He was less certain about Cogliano, who is coming back from two neck fractures sustained in the Seattle playoff series.
• No. 4 center, which could be Fredrik Olofsson or Ben Meyers, with the former looking like a safe bet. If Cogliano isn’t ready for opening night, he could just be an extra for the first game or two, but if he needs a week or more he could go on injured reserve and that would open another spot.
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