Mess with an Otter, Whiny Pete, you might wind up getting bit straight on the backside.

The Stanley Cup Finals are here, and the only thing about that fact that depresses the puck lovers on the Grading The Week crew? How the Oilers coulda been, shoulda been the Avalanche.

But despite the boys in burgundy being dormant for about a month — it feels longer — as of last Friday, the first week in June turned into a fairly newsy one for Avs faithful.

Alas, not all of that news was good. Or pleasant.

Still: Let’s start with the good stuff, shall we? Especially a little skating schadenfreude delivered by, of all people, the Dallas Stinkin’ Stars. Stars that, for once, might actually be aligned in Colorado’s favor.

Pete DeBoer’s firing — A (Although it depends on where he lands)

As a point of

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