"I'm always a positive person. Obviously, I believe that he's going to be back for the playoffs. This is the way I am. But at the same time, we lost Peter Forsberg after the second round the year we win the Cup (in 2001), and a team is a team. You have to go out there and play hard and find ways to win games. That's what we're going to continue to do."

-Colorado Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy on Matt Duchene's knee injuy. Duchene will have an MRI and then Colorado will update his status.

More on the Avalanche from Terry Frei of the Denver Post.