The NHL Twitter page posted a graphic with their Top 10 breakout candidates for next year with Alexander Georgiev and Bowen Byram making the list. Do we agree and are there other Avalanche players who could have that breakout season?

It would benefit Byram to have that breakout year considering he will be a RFA next offseason. We put our GM hats on and try to look at what contracts for the defenseman and his 1st round mate Alex Newhook could look like? Should the Avs roll the dice and let the season play out, and if one or both of them have a breakout season then have to pay up? Or do they just get those deals done ASAP?

Finally, we ask the question if the Avalanche should be at the top of any and all power rankings due to their championship and keeping key pieces of their team in tact. Or is there a team out there that had a good off-season that should leap over the Avs in the rankings?

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