from Terry Frei of the Denver Post,
With the March 2 trading deadline approaching, the Avalanche could become a seller, unloading spare-part types who could help playoff-bound teams in the short term, but also still could attempt to make a major deal to land a top pair-type defenseman.
Ryan O'Reilly still is the most likely to be dangled as a major element in a significant deal, but I'll repeat that the organizational must be open-minded in searching out anything that could make this team better — in the continuing "process" to chase after the Stanley Cup.
Patrick Roy has spoken often of that "process," a long-range plan to get the Avalanche among the elite and keep it there. But the Avalanche coach also has done that while emphasizing not thinking too far ahead in the season.
"We try to be even keel," he said again Sunday. "Obviously, the clock is ticking and there's an urgency of winning games."
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