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DENVER — The Chicago Blackhawks look unrecognizable, even from the team that delivered a gut check to Colorado’s season in January. The Avalanche have looked unbeatable since then.

TORONTO — A few of the newest relics in the Hockey Hall of Fame include a jersey worn by Nathan MacKinnon in the 2022 Stanley Cup-clinching game, a prestigious trophy with a spot reserved for Cale Makar’s engraved name and a burgundy-bejeweled ring.

If the Avs want to keep their reputation as the most feared team in the un-wild west, they’ll have to do better than they did Saturday.

The Avs won’t hoist the Stanley Cup in June if they wave the white flag at the trade deadline in March.

DENVER — The Avalanche traded for depth center Lars Eller from the Capitals, the team announced Wednesday before the Friday NHL trade deadline.

Jack Johnson won a ring in Denver, and now he’s returning for more.

DENVER — In front of increasingly optimistic fans, it would be difficult for the Colorado Avalanche to live up to the precedent set by their explosive start Friday night in Winnipeg, when four of their first shots found the back of the net.

Blink and the Avalanche might be in first place.

DENVER — Avalanche coach Jared Bednar is comfortable with how the team has handled the health of Cale Makar after the defenseman, on two separate occasions this month, was cleared to return to games in which he sustained head injuries that later turned out to be related concussions.