No other team in the NHL earns greater amplitude of the viewing spotlight this October than the Avalanche, playing on six so-labelled lighter nights. That's a sizable chunk for only a three-week span -- one that could pay tangible fantasy dividends in all H2H competition.
Jonathan Drouin is again slotted on a top unit and power play with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. Stashing any one of the three on IR, while rostering Drouin in the meanwhile, is one strategy.
Once settled in alongside MacKinnon last year, Drouin earned 48 points -- more than a third of them on the power play -- in his final 53 contests, including 16 goals.
Second-line center Casey Mittelstadt appeals as (again, likely for the time being) a member of the Avs' top power play, which could shift the dynamics in fantasy hockey.
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