Morning Flurries: Three days left to vote for Cale Makar

Back at home today are the Colorado Avalanche following their three-game New York road trip and in preparation to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

There are still three days left to vote Cale Makar for the last Central Division representative in the Last Men In poll at NHL.com/vote. Get your votes in by January 10th!

From the Athletic, what other top NHL defensemen are saying about Cale Makar.

Whilst in New York City the Avalanche took that opportunity to make an announcement regarding to upcoming Stadium Series match with the LA Kings. Many speculated that this could finally be the jersey reveal but it appears the league is trying to avoid that disaster and instead announced that Sam Hunt will be the musical entertainment for the event.

The NHL coaching carousel never stops as the Nashville Predators moved quickly to make their new hire in time for the game against the Boston Bruins. As the sixth change behind the bench thus far this year John Haynes didn’t have to wait too long after getting fired from New Jersey just over a month ago.

A really incredible story as Elias Pettersson opens up about his friendship with an Armenian family and the time they were deported from Sweden.