This year has been one that the Colorado Avalanche would like to forget. Coming off of a playoff run last season, it was expected that the kids would take that next step forward. Instead, it's been growing pains the likes that few other teams have ever, or ever will, experience. It all began around the All-Star break, and it's been an avalanche (no pun intended) of problems ever since. Even the most well-intentioned trades (read: Erik Johnson and Jay McClement for Chris Stewart and Brian Elliot for Craig Anderson) have beckfired horribly. For all of that, it seems that something good has finally happened to the Avs, and the story can be found
here.
Yes, the Avs have decided to give their face of the franchise a front office job. Joe Sakic returns to the team as an executive advisor, meaning that he will have a say in the day-to-day hockey operations. Having been around since the Quebec Nordiques days, Sakic knows the team's successes and failures, as he's been through it all. Even if he isn't a locker room presence, he should at least, provide a moral boost to the team. Even better would be if he can provide some guidance for the likes of Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly, kids who haven't fully established themselves in the NHL.
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