‘“It will be weird, but playing against friends is always kind of weird,” Avs star Nathan MacKinnon said. “It was obviously 10 years with him, so a lot of good memories. He’s awesome to have around the room, just a great guy. He was one of two teammates, him and Gabe (Landeskog), that I had always played with since I was 18. Obviously it’s different not having him here.”’