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At the beginning of every season, it's the same question: "Is this going to be the year Wolski breaks out?" At the end of every season, the answer has been no. Things look to have finally changed. Five games into the 2009-2010 NHL season the Avalanche find themselves atop the Western Conference standings, led by Wojtek Wolski's four goals. The 21st overall draft choice from 2004 is finally showing the potential Colorado ...

When a team finishes last in their conference, loses their star player of 20 years, and trades away their highest paid player, expectations are low. If the first two games were any indication, those expectations need to increase drastically. Despite having arguably the worst personnel (on paper) in franchise history, this year's Colorado Avalanche has come flying out of the gate. The team has been doing what every good team is ...

The Colorado Avalanche are doing what they should have been doing a season ago: rebuilding from the ground up. In years past, management has been guilty of signing bubble players (Tucker, Arnason, etc.) in an attempt to keep the team in playoff contention. Finally, they've gotten things right. The Avalanche offseason can only be graded as an A-plus effort. At the draft, management addressed the needs for both a scoring and ...