Avs and Wild mirror each other with star power, elite defenses and veterans trying to win the first cup.

Avs and Wild mirror each other with star power, elite defenses and veterans trying to win the first cup.

DENVER (AP) — In many ways, Colorado and Minnesota mirror each other. Like, carbon copy close. There is a similar star power component (Nathan MacKinnon for Avalanche, Kirill Kaprizov for The Wild). There are the playmaking defensemen (Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes), the reliable goaltenders (Scott Wedgewood, Jesper Wallstedt) and the veterans looking for their first…

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