Gabriel ThreeYaksAndADog will miss all of next season, and the Colorado Avalanche era may already be over
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#6BKPR)
In the salary-capped NHL, you get one, or two shots with one roster, and then you basically have to reshuffle everything around your core stars, and hope that new hand still produces a flush. It's a constant game of draw poker.