Everyone was waiting to see whether the Colorado Avalanche would try to add a forward at some point during the offseason. The Avalanche pulled off one of the biggest trades to this point by receiving winger Brandon Saad and depth defenseman Dennis Gilbert from the Chicago Blackhawks, with defenseman Nikita Zadorov and another depth defenseman in Anton Lindholm going the …
Answering questions is never an issue for Ian Cole because he can either provide an eloquent, well-thought-out response or completely catch you by surprise with something funny. “I don’t think I am the only one on the ice playing against those guys,” Zadorov said of facing specific high-end forwards. “But it also a five-man unit’s job to shut those guys …
