Comment on For depleted Avalanche, Josh Manson’s skill set, consistency make him even more critical

After consecutive 100-loss seasons, the Rockies are banking their future on their youth. Colorado had a franchise record-tying 12 players debut this season, and even more youth is on the way. For the club to start to contend, those who debuted in ’24 will need to take another step forward, while the franchise’s best minor-leaguers must continue to climb the ladder. Here’s a look at the club’s Top 10 prospects entering the 2025 season, as ranked by The Denver Post. 1.

Three decades ago, a pivotal moment in the history of women’s baseball took place in an office in Golden. There, in the summer of 1993, promoter Bob Hope presented his idea of a women’s professional barnstorming team to Coors Brewing president W. Leo Kiely and chief marketing officer Bill Weintraub. With the box office success of “A League of Their Own” the summer before catapulting the sport nationally, the brewery bought the pitch.

There are about 220 million valid ways to dissect the shocking trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York on the eve of NBA training camp. There’s the unusual timing on both sides. For the Timberwolves, it was an abrupt severing of a core that lifted the franchise to new historic heights five months earlier.

Vlatko Cancar is taking the time-tested tradition of effusive preseason praise to new extremes. Even his coach wants him to pump the breaks. As the Nuggets officially welcomed Dario Saric to the gym this month, his new teammates beamed at the potential of his versatility. But Cancar’s prediction for him echoed loudest. “We just have to find the right system for him here and fit him good with the second unit,” Cancar said.

Josh Manson had the hockey equivalent of hitting a couple of line drives right at someone Wednesday night. Manson was noticeably one of the best players for the Avalanche in its season opener against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. He made several strong defensive plays. The Avs controlled the play when he and partner Samuel Girard were on the ice. But, as it goes sometimes, the Golden Knights scored three times when he was on the ice — twice at even strength and once on the penalty kill — in an 8-4 Colorado loss. “Goals are going to happen,” Manson said.

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