Joe Sakic is out of action until the end of February, if not longer. It’s the same story for Ryan Smyth. Now, Paul Stastny will miss 2-3 weeks after having his appendix removed. Those are Colorado’s top three offensive threats. Things are pretty rough when you have to rely on Tyler Arnason to be your go-to center. Avs’ coach Joel Quenneville must be asking what he did to deserve this.

It will be interesting to see if complementary players like Marek Svatos, Arnason, Wojtek Wolski and Andrew Brunette will step up and provide the club with enough offense to win some games, until at least Stastny returns.

One thing is for certain. Jose Theodore (or Peter Budaj if he ever gets to play again) will have to stand on his head if the team is to have a chance of winning.