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Jonathan Drouin Ruled Out For Opening Round Due To Injury; Avalanche Recall Three Players

April 20, 2024 at 11:29 am CDT | by Brian La Rose 2 Comments

The Avalanche will be without a key part of their forward group for the opening round against Winnipeg.  The team announced today (Twitter link) that winger Jonathan Drouin will miss the first-round series due to a lower-body injury.

The 29-year-old suffered the injury in the second period of Colorado’s regular season finale against Edmonton and did not return.  It was a game where Edmonton elected to sit as many of its key players as possible while the Avs elected to dress pretty much their intended playoff lineup, a decision that clearly wound up not working out for them.

After a rough finish to his time with Montreal, Drouin elected to take a low-cost one-year deal with Colorado in the hopes of boosting his value for next summer.  After a slow start, he certainly did just that.  Drouin produced at nearly a point-per-game level over the final two months of the season, earning himself a full-time promotion to the top line in the process.  All told, his first year with the Avalanche ended with 19 goals and 37 assists in 79 games; his 56 points rank eighth among all pending unrestricted free agents.

Colorado only has two extra forwards on their active roster at the moment.  One is winger Joel Kiviranta, who had just nine points in 56 games this season.  The other is Chris Wagner, who Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now reports (Twitter link) has been recalled from AHL Colorado.  Both are better suited as fourth-line depth players so some line reshuffling certainly will be happening before their series gets underway on Sunday.

Not long after the injury, the team confirmed Wagner’s recall while also announcing (Twitter link) that Brad Hunt and Arvid Holm have also been recalled.  Hunt, a defenseman, had a very productive year, notching 16 goals and 33 assists in 70 games.  Holm, meanwhile, will serve as Colorado’s third-string emergency netminder.  The 25-year-old, who will become a Group Six free agent this summer, posted a 2.97 GAA with a save percentage of just .887 in a dozen games with the Eagles this season.

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  1. User 318310488

    1 year ago

    Drouin has missed 256 regular season games thus far in his career.

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    • gowings2008

      1 year ago

      Okay

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