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Colorado Avalanche: 3 Things I’d Love to See at the Rookie Faceoff

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 24: Conor Timmins #68 of the Colorado Avalanche brings the puck out from behind the net against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on September 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 24: Conor Timmins #68 of the Colorado Avalanche brings the puck out from behind the net against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on September 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – JUNE 22: Trent Miner poses after being selected 202nd overall by the Colorado Avalanche during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images) /

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I’m going to keep fretting about this until it changes — the Colorado Avalanche only have three goalies between the two teams. All three are some version of a rookie — actual rookie NHLer Pavel Francouz, rookie starter Philipp Grubauer, and rookie AHLer Adam Werner.

Of those three, only Werner is on the trip to Anaheim. He’s joined by Trent Miner, whom the Avs drafted this season. He’s unsigned, and I don’t know if this tournament is a tryout for him.

Going back to Werner, he’s the ostensible call-up if something happens to Grubauer or Francouz. The 22-year-old has been playing in his native Sweden. He has four games of AHL experience from a brief tryout in 2017-18. He has no NHL experience.

A third goalie was added to the rookie camp roster late, so he didn’t even have his proper pads and helmet:

Said goalie is Hunter Miska, whom the Eagles recently signed. So, I guess they technically have their two goalies now. I’m not sure if he went on the tournament. If so, I’d like to see his mettle, too.

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