Aarif Deen recaps his Monday at Ball Arena, which began with a media availability with Patrick Roy at morning skate and ended with a brutal Avalanche loss followed by Cale Makar shouldering most of the blame. He looks back at what it felt like to see Roy return and why the Avalanche need to figure things out quickly. All that and more on this edition of Rinkside with Aarif Deen presented by Mile High Sports.

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