Morning Flurries: First Goal Energy

Your daily dose of Avalanche news, along with other interesting storylines across the NHL.

To pass the time until the next Avalanche game, have a listen to the reigning MVP Nathan MacKinnon’s latest interview with Spittin’ Chicklets. As always there’s a healthy amount of golf talk among other conversation about teammates in this relaxed interview.

Now that the NHL regular season is officially underway, the media is starting to notice that the Mikko Rantanen extension has yet to come to fruition for the Colorado Avalanche.

Were you correct in our first goal of the Avalanche season prediction poll? A total of 43 voters correctly selected Mikko Rantanen to get on the board first for Colorado. Maybe the photo was a strong premonition.

First NHL goals are always fun and it wasn’t expected to take the reigning first overall pick Macklin Celebrini long to get his first tally for the San Jose Sharks, but nobody envisioned it turning out quite like this.