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Nearly everyone who joins the Colorado Avalanche from another NHL organization has their own story about when they learned that this place was different. Josh Manson has been in Colorado since March 2022, so he’s had the chance to watch plenty of new teammates go through the same experience. The veteran defenseman’s own education came a few days after he was acquired in a trade from Anaheim — at his first morning skate. “I was tired,” Manson said.

See, ya feed a Moose in the wild, they get ornery. Then they want more. The last two times Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen scored twice in a playoff game, he scored twice again the very next tilt. “I think you’ve got to elevate your game after every round. And like I said before, it only gets harder for the team, so it gets harder for individuals too,” Rantanen reflected in advance of the Avs’ second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series with the Dallas Stars, which starts Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. “I think we’re going to face a tougher team next round.

When Michael Malone peers down the sideline toward the opposing bench, he doesn’t see the Timberwolves coach everyone is familiar with. He sees someone even more familiar. Malone has always carpooled to work with assistant coach Ryan Bowen, but it used to be a three-man ride share during the first three seasons of Malone’s tenure in Denver.

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