Derick Brassard would have liked a little warmup. After scoring a goal in his Avalanche debut Monday night — approximately 11 hours after shifting locker rooms at the Pepsi Center — the Avs’ new forward from the Florida Panthers revealed he hadn’t skated at the previous 3 days. The Panthers didn’t have a morning skate
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Avalanche forwards Gabe Landeskog and Carl Soderberg had exactly the identical answer, which was no answer. “If we knew how to repair it, we’d,” they each said Feb. 16, soon after absorbing a 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues in the Pepsi Center. Colorado had just lost its sixth consecutive game at home, where it
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Actually, the Nuggets’ deadliest stroke was the mother of jobs. It began on the summer, between Malik Beasley’s ears. “Just placing at work, watching movie, believing in myself, simple as that,” the shooting guard explained. “It’s challenging to perform. If you get out there on the court, but if you set in the work, the
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