Denver Post sports writer Corey Masisak opens up the Avs Mailbag periodically throughout the season. Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. Assuming we can stay healthy and people expected to eventually slot in do, how does this year’s team stack up against the Cup team? @Zickened The Avs have played a quarter of their season, and … so far this team stacks up quite well against the championship group from two years ago.