Avalanche have a ton of flexibility — and questions to answer

The terrifying lack of talent to compliment the few quality players beyond those blueliners, Matt Duchene, Gabriel Landeskog, a handful of young forwards and … that’s about it. The somewhat-comforting fact that the Avalanche don’t have a ton of old players locked up to scary, long-term contracts any longer. It’s also easy to forget that MacKinnon, Duchene, Landeskog, and quite a few other key Colorado players are all still in the meat of their prime years.