With the Colorado Avalanche set to return to game action Thursday in St. Louis, the team was dealt a blow with the announcement that their leading goal scorer, forward Mikko Rantanen was being added to the Covid-19 protocols list. Rantanen will join 2 other teammates who are already on the list and caused the NHL to postpone 3 Avs games.
Rookie Defenseman Bo Byrum was removed from the Covid list yesterday. Goalie Phillip Grubauer and forward Jonas Donskoi were added to the list last week. That resulted in the league postponing a pair of games with L.A. as well as 1 game with The Blues.
The 25-year-old Rantanen is 8th in the NHL in points scored with 52 and his 26 goals are the 2nd best in all of hockey.
The entire Avalanche roster as well as the hockey staff received their first dose of Coronavirus Vaccine last Monday, April 12th.
Barring any setbacks, the Avs will return to the ice Thursday in St. Louis