The Colorado Avalanche are gearing up for the Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, looking to end the Bolts’ reign as back-to-back champions. When the series gets underway on Wednesday, it’ll have been almost 10 days since the last time the Avs played a game, giving their injured players ample time to rest up. Jared Bednar offered an injury update on Nazem Kadri, which included a glimmer of hope for fans that the star forward could make a shock return to the ice during the series against the Lightning.
Via Peter Baugh, Bednar refused to rule out Kadri, or Andrew Cogliano, for Game 1 against the Lightning, indicating there’s at least some level of optimism within the organization that they’ll be able to return at some point in the series.