Deen’s Daily: Rantanen Back at Ball Arena; Burns Milestone; Suspension for Drouin

The Avs are facing Mikko Rantanen for the first time since the Game 7 loss. Brent Burns reaches a big milestone tonight. Also, a former Avs forward got suspended, and all 32 teams are in action.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — October 11.

Colorado Hockey Now

The Avalanche are facing Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars tonight, in the first of four meetings this season between the two clubs.

It’s hard to say how much of the Game 7 loss still stings the core group for Colorado, but you have to imagine they want to win this game. Will it feel like actual revenge? Probably not, given that it’s the third game of the regular season.

But it would be a big step towards continuing this no-nonsense season, where I’m sure the No. 1 seed in the Central Division is the goal.

This is also a whopper of a milestone for Brent Burns, who plays his 1,500th game tonight. Burns chatted with us on Friday and was very reflective of his lengthy career. There were some really good quotes in this story below.

READ MORE: Avalanche’s Brent Burns Reflects on Career Ahead of 1,500th Game

Around The NHL

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Jonathan Drouin cross-checked one of the Pens on Thursday, and now he’ll serve a one-game suspension because of it. It only took two games with Patrick Roy as his head coach for Drouin to get suspended (I joke I joke).

Montreal Hockey Now: Two games into the season, here are the early returns from the Noah Dobson and Zachary Bolduc offseason trades.

New Jersey Hockey Now: The Carolina curse continued for the Devils.

Detroit Hockey Now: It took one game, but Todd McLellan is already fed up with his team’s performance. What’s next for the Red Wings?

Vegas Hockey Now: Observations from the Golden Knights insanely lucky win on Thursday.