Before the Avs return to action, we graded the seasons of all 17 skaters on the current roster who have played a minimum of 20 games, as well as both goaltenders.
He’s consistently creating chances for himself, but he’s snake-bit, with no goals since his early December call-up. Not playing poorly by any means, but this grade reflects the Avalanche’s biggest weakness — depth forwards not producing — not only
. He just happens to be the one who has earned an NHL roster spot the longest, so he gets the short end of the stick.For all the griping after his slow start in the 2C role, Newhook is on pace for a 20-goal season afterOnly three reasons it’s not an A: ankle injury, reaggravation of said ankle injury and recent upper-body injury. Nichushkin has missed more than half the season.O’Connor had a fast-scoring start last season then went 45 consecutive games without a goal.
, fits throughout the lineup at center or wing with his versatile game, and has even joined MacKinnon’s top line recently, allowing Bednar to spread out Rantanen.
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