DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Jonathan Drouin for their first-round playoff series against Winnipeg due to a lower-body injury. Hopefully we get him back sooner than later.” The third overall pick by Tampa Bay in 2013, Drouin has played in 564 career regular-season games, with 96 goals. “That’s a tough one for us,” forward Zach Parise …
Lou Lamoriello trading Nick Leddy on Friday night signaled the end of an Islanders era. Lamoriello gave up a lot to get Ladd and his $5.5 million average annual value the next two seasons fully off the books: The 60th pick in next week’s draft, the better of either the Isles’ own or Colorado’s second-rounder in 2022 and a conditional …
