The Avalanche are set to play a big game tonight at Ball Arena. Will it go better than it did on Monday? What will the future of Jack Drury hold this summer? How about Evgeni Malkin in Pittsburgh? Also, the Eastern Conference Playoff race had several notable results on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 March 18.<\/p>\n
Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n
Remember when the Toronto Maple Leafs ended Colorado\u2019s 17-game home winning streak in January? Ever since then, the Avs are 4-6-2 at Ball Arena. Overall, the team is 23-6-4 at home, including a shootout loss to the Dallas Stars in October. They\u2019ll need to be better than that this evening to keep the Stars from catching them for the No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, here\u2019s the second part of the March Mailbag, answering questions about the futures for Jack Drury and Brent Burns, along with a thought about upcoming retiring numbers in the rafters.<\/p>\n
Around The NHL<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0Evgeni Malkin<\/a> looked like vintage Geno at Ball Arena on Monday. And it doesn\u2019t sound like he\u2019s ready to call it a career anytime soon.<\/p>\n Montreal Hockey Now: The Habs are fighting to get into the playoffs for the second year in a row despite bad goaltending for most of the year. But their issues go far beyond that. <\/a><\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: The son of Mike Knuble<\/a> has signed an entry-level deal with the same team where his dad had a lot of personal success.<\/p>\n Boston Hockey Now:\u00a0Pavel Zacha scored twice and the Bruins got a point<\/a>, but it would\u2019ve been better if they got two. The New York Islanders <\/p>\n