from Rick Sadowski at NHL.com,

The Colorado Avalanche want to put themselves in the best position to compete for the Stanley Cup this season. That makes earning home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Playoffs an important goal after qualifying each of the past two seasons as the second wild card from the Western Conference.

"Playoffs [are] the priority," Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic said. "Try in the regular season to get home-ice advantage. Our goal is to win the Stanley Cup, that's the end game. We want to be better and be more consistent during the regular season."

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