It took the Avs a little while to figure out the Anaheim Ducks, but once they did there was no looking back and the Colorado Avalanche extend their win streak to six games with a 5-2 win Wednesday night. Nazem Kadri continues his hot play with two more points (1a, 1a) as well as Cale Makar who found the net yet again. Makar now has five goals in his last three games and currently leads the team with eight.

Which leads us to our next topic, Black Friday Avalanche Deals. Meaning, which players and stats have been a surprise to us so far this season? Is it Kadri's hot play? Logan O'Connor? How about Jayson Megna?

Finally, Jared Bednar. With the win over Anaheim he takes sole possession of the all time winningest coach in Avalanche history. A great achievement considering how it all started.

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Has Nazem Kadri been playing out of his mind lately? Yes. Has he been the one to step up in the absence of Nathan MacKinnon? No question. But this early season explosion does not warrant Joe Sakic to throw a blank check at Naz and jump the gun on a knee jerk reaction to sign the forward now, and not wait for his contract to expire at the end of the season. I explain why.

I also took some listener questions which include the Avalanche history if a new team moves to Quebec. Potential trade targets for the Avs, and will Sid the Kid be one of them?

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Some parts of it were great, other parts of it were frustrating. But it was damn exciting. The Avalanche came into Monday on a four game winning streak and faced off against an Ottawa team who had not played in a week thanks to games getting cancelled due to COVID. You would think this would be all Avs. It wasn't. Ottawa came to play and the Avalanche had to do everything in their power to regain a 3rd period deficit to take two points in a 7-5 win.

Nazem Kadri continued is fantastic play, getting four more points (1g, 3a) while Cale Makar scored two goals for the 2nd consecutive game.

On the other hand, Darcy Kuemper struggled but came up big once the Avs took the lead back in the 3rd.

A lot to talk about.

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The Colorado Avalanche had a memorable first game against the Seattle Kraken. Many expected to see former Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer face his former team. But it was announced prior to the game he would not get the start. However, four early goals lead to a goalie change and Grubauer had no choice but to face his former team.

This game was all Avalanche. They were clearly the better team, and it showed.

Prior to the game the Avs announced a two year extension for head coach Jared Bednar. So the team clearly has faith in him bringing the Avs to the promised land of winning a Stanley Cup.

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Every time an NHL team faces the Seattle Kraken for the first time this season they will be seeing at least one familiar face. For the Colorado Avalanche they will be seeing two in Joonas Donskoi and Philipp Grubauer. One had no choice in going to Seattle (Donskoi) while they other did (Grubauer). Both have started the season struggling and the Avalanche head into Seattle ready to face off against their old netminder while he and his team struggle to find wins.

Peter Baugh from The Athletic released a very good, but harrowing article on the early career injuries of Bo Byram. He has handled them well and has the right people around him to get him back to full strength, but are the early career concussions a cause for concern long term?

Finally, with the Pittsburgh Penguins being sold for $900 million dollars, Kyle and I take a look at the value of the Avs and discuss if they should be higher up on the list or not.

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The Colorado Avalanche beat up on the Vancouver Canucks last week, 7-1. You didn't think that was going to happen again did you? The Avalanche got an opponent that played a much better game, but it still was not enough to overcome the Avs offensive weapons, and in the end the Avalanche went on to a 4-2 lead and their third win in a row. Nazem Kadri continued his fantastic start to the season, and at a time when they need him the most with Nathan MacKinnon out, as well as J. T. Compher for the next few weeks.

Up next, the Avs gravel to Seattle for the first time ever to take on Philipp Grubauer and the Seattle Kraken.

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It's the same song Avalanche fans have heard for years now. Who will be the one to step up for all the injuries. The answer is different on a game by game basis, but for the first 12 games of the season so far, you could say Nazem Kadri is this teams MVP. While players like Bo Byram and Logan O'Connor do things on the ice that make your eyes pop out, Naz has been going about his business a little quieter than those guys and it has lead to him leading the team in points thus far.

Sammy Girard is another guy who has been unnecessarily been tagged as the fan punching bag. But his play as of late has shown why the Avs signed him to a seven year deal. Was he up for grabs for the Buffalo Sabres in a deal for Eichel? Maybe. But that doesn't mean he is free game for anyone else that wants to deal with the Avs.

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In a matter of one hour, we went from the excitement of potentially having a full roster of Avs for the first time all year against Vancouver on Thursday, to all of that being in jeopardy with a possible Nathan MacKinnon injury. Because....Avalanche hockey.

Unrelated to the MacKinnon news, Sampo Ranta was sent down to the Colorado Eagles as Alex Newhook was called up. Ranta didn't do anything bad in the first 10 games of the season, but it didn't do anything eye popping either, hence the move to Newhook who has been eating the AHL alive. Let's hope that carries over for him in this go-round with the Avs.

And then there was the weird news involving Val Nichushkin and a blood test from 2013 that could come back to haunt him in terms of his Olympic availability.

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The Colorado Avalanche did call to inquire about the possibility of acquiring Jack Eichel in a trade, but when Buffalo said they would not retain any salary those talks ended. Vegas swooped in and landed the superstar and now the Avalanche have to be asking themselves did they miss an opportunity?

Will Eichel going to Vegas, a team many think will be the Avs top contender to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, force the Avs to make a similar move at some point during the season?

The Avs can take a wait and see approach on a few accounts. Because Eichel won't be back for a few months, they can see where both teams stand later in the season and gauge if it is worth making such a move, and they can gauge who Eichel is out on the ice following major surgery. Definitely something to watch as the season goes on.

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The Colorado Avalanche should be playing better than this. Sure it was only game 10 in an 82 game season, but the Avalanche are not putting together a full 60 minutes and it has burned them in the last two games against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Colorado got back big pieces in Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen and Devon Toews say his first action of the season. But none of that mattered. The top line did not register a point and was a -4 on the night.

Darcy Keumper looked fantastic over the majority of the game, but the man could only do so much before the dam broke.

What do the Avalanche need to do? Kyle joined me to keep my emotions in check and we discuss why the Avalanche have yet to his their sweet spot so far this season.

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