The Avalanche got a taste on Thursday of what it would feel like next month when the Western Conference playoffs unfold prior to no fans at 18,500-seat Rogers Place in Edmonton.

For the first time because NHL training camps started Monday, the Avs maintained a scrimmage in a vacant Pepsi Center.

“Obviously, it’so quiet, but you also don ’t expect much more from a scrimmage,” Avs captain Gabe Landeskog said on a Zoom call following the hourlong Burgundy vs. White affair. “It will be different, no doubt, and also we ’ve understood that the whole time — it will be different.

“I’ve said this before and I’ll continue mentioning it: Nothing else on this world is just what it used to be, so why should the Stanley Cup playoffs be any different? We’re just going to need to become accustomed to the ordinary and make the most of it. ”

Landeskog played left wing on White’s line, together with center Nazem Kadri and right winger Valeri Nichushkin. They went head-to-head with Burgundy’s line comprising center Nathan MacKinnon and wingers Andre Burakovsky and Mikko Rantanen. MacKinnon scored a target but White got targets from Erik Johnson and Ian Cole within an matchup.

“It’s a little strange having numerous seats and nobody ” Cole said afterward. “But I guess everybody knows of the situation and do the best they could as far as attempting to put a great product on the market, irrespective of the number of men and women are in the stands, irrespective of the number of men and women are watching or cheering us on (on tv ).

“There are some times during the entire year at some buildings around the globe, in which you need to make your own energy. And that is definitely likely to be one of those occasions to the nth level. This is going to be somewhat new to us, but I think something that you’re able to cope with it and create your own energy to gain that advantage. ”

Reporters and the Zamboni crew from the lower level of the stadium could hear just about everything players and coaches said through the scrimmage. Without fans, the opposing team as well as the television microphones are sure to pick up more verbal interaction.

The issue is, could Avs coach Jared Bednar request his players because, without fans, the competition will so easily hears them, to restrict on-ice talks?

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Bednar explained that’s an emphatic. ” Young players in peewees and squirts are educated to call for the puck, to inform a teammate if he’s got time and space, to rim the puck from danger. And that shouldn’t change.

“To me personally ” Bednar said of talkative teams that were on-ice. “It helps everything get sorted out to the other side of the puck. Offensively, it makes it possible to play. We’ve been attempting to receive our staff provide more aid with their teammates for a number of years now, and to become more vocal, more optimistic.

“We’ve enhanced in that area and I noticed we’ve regressed back. We must receive them back talking again. We’will be pushing on that. Now already started. Our men continue to improve and get back to where they were and move past that. ”

Footnotes. Rookie Shane Bowers took a high stick to the surface and did not finish the scrimmage, which featured goalies Pavel Francouz (White) and Philipp Gruabuer (Burgundy). … Bednar said that his club will take Friday off and return to camp Saturday.

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