AS MARTIN NECAS, JACK DRURY SETTLE IN FOR THE AVALANCHE, MIKKO RANTANEN’S FUTURE REMAINS MURKY

The Colorado Avalanche has come a long way from that surreal Saturday afternoon in Boston six weeks ago. Martin Necas and Jack Drury have settled in nicely, both on and off the ice, with the club. The short-term return on the NHL’s biggest in-season trade in two decades has been nothing but positive. The raw emotions of losing a core player an