Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche find themselves in a very similar position just one year apart. With Martin Necas’ future marred with question marks, it’s time to see whether the Avs learned their lesson from the past NHL season.

Trading away Mikko Rantanen set off a chain reaction which the Avalanche still heave eight months later. Now, it’s Necas who Colorado must figure out a way to re-sign before losing him to unrestricted free agency in the NHL.

With training camp beginning across the continent, MacKinnon and the Avs are trying to focus on the mission at hand. But it’s hard to concentrate when there’s so much noise surrounding a player of Necas’ caliber. Last year, the buzz around Rantanen was even louder, but if Colorado is certain about one thing, it’s that they can’t

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