Colorado Avalanche center Ryan O’Reilly. (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)
Terry Frei column for Monday looks at . Blackhawks could win their third championship in six years in Monday night’s Game 6 in Chicago.
My will get a big forward (Lawson Crouse or Pavel Zacha) or skilled puck-moving defenseman (Ivan Provorov or Zach Werenski) with the No. 10 pick in the June 26-27 draft in Sunrise, Fla.
Regarding the Ryan O’Reilly contract situation, the center’s agent, Mark Guy, has not responded to interview/information requests. The Avs have declined comment. Colorado executives, however, will be made available in the days leading into the draft and the O’Reilly issue will be addressed, in whatever form. Certainly, the Avs already have a good feel on whether they’ll be able to extend the 2016 unrestricted free agent this summer, and if it looks like that won’t happen, they’d rather put together a trade before the draft, so more bargaining chips are on the table.
We have no update on the Avs’ recruitment of and , the reigning scoring champion in Sweden.
The Dawg Nation Hockey Foundation hosts its fifth Dawg Bowl Thursday through Saturday this week and the Avalanche and other hockey entities are again heavily involved in the silent auction and general support. The tournament is at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton and the silent auction between the two sheets will include:
— Signed Avalanche sweaters worn by Milan Hejduk (retired), Nathan MacKinnon and Gabe Landeskog.
— Signed Blackhawks jerseys from defenseman Keith Seabrook, forward Patrick Sharp and goalie Corey Crawford, plus a No. 2 Team Canada Olympic sweater signed and donated by Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith.
— Another five NHL jerseys signed by players from the Calgary Flames (three) and Ottawa Senators (two).
— Many signed Avalanche pictures from Jarome Iginla, Pierre Turgeon and Joe Sakic, among others.
— Signed helmet from Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck.
The fundraiser has its Survivor Game at 3 p.m. Saturday, a contest played by men and women who have overcome traumatic injury or illness. The coaches will be Avalanche TV guy Peter McNab and longtime NHL forward Derek Armstrong, former coach and GM of the Denver Cutthroats.
Armstrong will also play in the 42-team tournament, along with NHL referee Dave Jackson and former University of Denver standouts Luke Fulghum and Aaron MacKenzie.
