I've never been an NHL GM and pretty good chances at this point I never will be unless Jeff Bezos is my uncle that I'm unaware of (Jeff, I am willing to sell nephew-ship for six figures). But what are the Avalanche doing? They traded second-leading scorer Mikko Rantanen on Friday in a three-way deal to Carolina -- which imo makes the Canes the team to beat for the Stanley Cup. I guess the Avs will be deeper after the deal (but definitely not here) and Rantanen was to be a free agent, but wow when you are contending. I cannot imagine this goes over well in the locker room, so be my guest playing Bruins ML.

Colorado completed a blockbuster deal on Friday trading their leading goal scorer Mikko Raantanen to Carolina as part of a 3 way deal that returns Martin Necas from the Hurricanes. There's a chance Necas joins the Avs in time for a matinee tomorrow but doesn't appear likely. Colorado has struggled to score at 5 on 5 already this season and playing 1 game without 25 goals an 69 points against a defensive minded Bruins team (albeit leaky) is a number we just can't pass up here. I expected the Avalanche to go off in the -115 range before Saturday puck drop.