Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard (2.49 GAA, .922 SP). As the 22-year-old says, he doesn’t mind talking to reporters after morning skates, which is refreshing:
The morning skate It looks at Semyon Varlamov’s MRI results and game-day callup Borna Rendulic, who will make his NHL debut against the Predators.
The Avs will use a 20-player lineup, and Rendulic will be the 11th Lake Erie Monster to play for Colorado this season, forcing the Avs to write NHL paychecks to 35 guys.
The anticipated lines:
Tanguay-Duchene-O’Reilly
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Iginla
Briere-Talbot-McLeod
Holden-Carey-Rendulic
The D-pairings:
Hejda-Johnson
Guenin-Barrie
Stollery-Redmond
(Holden will play some D, mostly PK)
In net:
Pickard
Berra
Avs coach Patrick Roy instructs cycling and net presence at morning skate:
