“We’re a young energetic group that’s playing hard every night. We’re going through some growing pains, like every team, and we hit the wall in the homestand, but I like the way they’re handling it. I know we lost in Tampa (5-2 to the Lightning on Thursday), but we played pretty hard. We played better in Tampa than in our homestand, and these last two games have been pretty good. So, we’re reacting well, working hard, sticking together. I like what’s going on with the group.”

-Joe Sakic, GM of the Colorado Avalanche. Mike Chambers of the Denver Post has more from Sakic.