The No. 1 objective for the Avs should be to get out of the first wild-card spot into the top three of the Central Division.

BOSTON — Martin Necas woke up on Long Island and was skating next to Nathan MacKinnon at TD Garden by lunchtime on Saturday. Necas and Jack Drury were traded to the Avalanche on Friday night in a ...

Jonathan Marchessault put Nashville in front midway through the third period. Luke Schenn’s shot from the right point went ...

It took one game for Nathan MacKinnon to spot a key difference ... sent Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for Necas, Jack Drury and two draft picks. He’d made a similar play to Rantanen ...

and he improves his new team's depth at a position that is largely a weakness outside of Nathan MacKinnon. Drury's worth considering in deeper fantasy formats if he is able to see more ice time in ...

Martin Necas and Jack Drury left their homes in North Carolina ... More ice-time means more production, especially if you're playing with Nathan MacKinnon. - Valeri Nichushkin has really scaled ...

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The team, which looks a little different having replaced Mikko Rantanen with Martin Necas and Jack Drury ... sight next to superstar teammate Nathan MacKinnon. Early in the first, Tony DeAngelo ...