I think the Avs should go with Scott Wedgewood over Mackenzie Blackwood as their No. 1 goaltender in the NHL playoffs. Wedgewood plays big in big games. It’s the exact opposite with Blackwood, unfortunately.

– Michael, puckmeister 

Kiz: It’s impossible to look at the wowza stats posted by Wedgie this season and not think: Vezina! His save percentage and goals-against average both rank No. 1 in the league. But is he a big-game goalie? Nobody knows. It’s mind-boggling that Wedgewood is 33 years old and has yet to start a single NHL playoff game. And Blackwood? At age 29, the only seven postseason starts on his resume were in that first-round series Colorado lost to Dallas a year ago. The team favored to win the Cup is going to have to win 16 times with two goalies who have yet to win so much as a playoff series. Who’s between the pipes when the Avs open the playoffs? It will be nothing less than the biggest decision of Jared Bednar’s coaching career.

Neither Wedgewood nor Blackwood is good enough to lead the Avs to the Stanley Cup.

– Jay, Roanoke, Va.

Kiz: Although Joe Sakic won two championships alongside Patrick Roy back in his playing days, the history of how Sakic builds a roster suggests he’s more comfortable with his top-line center being his playoff MVP, while the goalie needs to be steady, but not spectacular. Hmm, wonder why that might be?

My biggest concerns about the Nuggets are: No. 1, Nikola Jokic seems lethargic more frequently than normal. And No. 2, the coaching of David Adelman. I’m confident Joker will lock in. But Adelman might be in over his head.

– B.B.B., Los Angeles

Kiz: What I see is Joker using the regular season as a lab to force teammates to grow before playoff pressure kicks in. Adelman is not a bad NBA coach, but far from a great one. And that’s to be expected, during his first full season on the job. Anyone counting on Adelman to pull Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon through a tough seven-game series against the Lakers, Rockets or Timberwolves has got it backward. 

Give up a first-round pick and more for Jaylen Waddle, a receiver whose numbers are essentially identical to Troy Franklin’s? Wow. Now about that tight end we still don’t have, as well as a linebacker. Not impressed with the Broncos’ offseason planning so far.

– a loyal Gazette reader

Kiz: While I left the gushing over Waddle’s acquisition to the fanboys in Broncos Country, he is far more dangerous after the catch than Franklin. Know what I see? Trading for Waddle is yet another not-so-subtle sign of disrespect for Courtland Sutton. Yes, Waddle provides quarterback Bo Nix with another weapon this season, but he was brought here to let the Broncos nudge Sutton out the door.

And today’s parting shot is a reminder why I’m not the general manager of the Broncos, the Nuggets, the Avalanche …

Kiszla is a hack. Always has been. A lot smarter people than Kiszla made this trade for Waddle happen.

– R., true blue Broncomaniac