from Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post,

“In the big picture, we’d love to make the playoffs,” Sakic said, when I pressed him on if he would make a deal to help Colorado make the playoffs.

“But you don’t want to slow down the building process. … I will not give up top picks and top prospects, because we’re going to need them. We’re in a salary cap era, and you’re going to need those players coming into your system. If there’s something that’s going to help us get in the playoffs, we’ll do that, but it won’t be at the cost of our top prospects or high picks.”...

We expect a lot of our heroes around here, don’t we?

Well, unless your name is Super Joe....

Since taking control of hockey affairs in 2013, his team has failed to win a playoff series. Sakic, however, is the king of his own little fiefdom at the Pepsi Center....

Sakic preaches patience, suggesting good times ahead. It’s true that defensive prospect Cale Makar is ripping it up at the NCAA level. And Colorado might hit the draft lottery, landing No. 1 pick Jack Hughes, as the result of a savvy trade Sakic made with Ottawa.

“We love what’s coming and what’s going on here,” Sakic said. “It’s a process, and we’re not going to deviate from that plan.”

The process is only as good as the man in charge of it.

Do you trust Joe? Or no?

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