Colorado Avalanche News News Around the League

Keaton Middleton joins the blue line to bolster depth as Colorado navigates back-to-back matchups and adjusts to the long-term loss of veteran blueliner Josh Manson.

Josh Manson's eight-week absence creates a significant hole on Colorado's blue line, but the timing is especially unfortunate after the Avalanche's new Brent Burns-Sam Malinski pairing showed early promise against New Jersey.

The younger Manson didn't take the traditional route in the NHL but he has carved a name for himself.

A rare butt-ending call on Josh Manson in Game 4 of the second-round series between Colorado and Minnesota was downgraded on review, later confirmed by a postgame admission, and ultimately left the NHL debating how a sequence that began with uncertainty ended with a fine but no ejection.