The Colorado Avalanche, just two days into the season, have already faced some decent setbacks. As we learned earlier this week, stars Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog are both out of the lineup due to COVID and suspension respectively.
The bad news continued to pile on Friday when it was announced that Valeri Nichushkin will be out week-to-week with an upper body injury.
Valeri Nichushkin is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) October 15, 2021
This leaves the Avs without three of their top stars on Saturday against the St.