BOSTON — Joe Sakic sat on the concourse level of Agganis Arena on Wednesday, watching his Colorado Avalanche practice under the numerous NCAA championship hockey banners earned by Boston University. The man once nicknamed "Quoteless Joe" was actually in a talkative mood.
"You can't afford to stay behind the eight ball in our division—never mind the conference: our division!" the Avs' third-year general manager said. "We gotta get points."
I'd been hearing a few rumors recently involving the Avalanche, rumors of Sakic calling around the league to gauge interest in any possible trades to help his club, which entered Thursday's road contest with the Boston Bruins at 5-9-1, just one point ahead of cellar-dwelling Edmonton in the Western Conference.
This will be Game 2 of a seven-game, 14-day road trip, with game one already being "probably the best game we've played on the road in a long time," according to coach Patrick Roy on 104.3 The Fan, a day after a 4-0 Avs win in Philadelphia.
This road trip, part of a stretch in which the Avs play 18 of their next 25 games away from the Peps ...
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