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Avalanche Having Fun
by Paul on 10/30/09 at 03:33 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Last year, it took 91 points to qualify for the playoffs in the Western Conference. After amassing 22 points already in just their first 13 games, Colorado needs only to average one point per game the rest of the way to qualify for the playoffs. The Avalanche are the first team since the 1995-96 Winnipeg Jets to play two 18-year-olds, centres Matt Duchene and Ryan O’Reilly, their first and second picks in last June’s entry draft. At the moment, Duchene is living with Foote’s family in Denver, in an attempt to ease his transition to the NHL.
Foote broke in under similar circumstances with the 1991-92 Quebec Nordiques, just one year before they turned the corner and qualified for the playoffs.
“We were just playing and having fun,” said Foote. “We started at the bottom of the barrel. Very similar I guess.”
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