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Aarif Deen and J.J. Jerez are back to ramp you up for the four-game week ahead. The guys start the show by discussing what they feel hasn’t been working about the second line. They break down Evan Rodrigues’ first two games before looking at Alex Newhook’s performance so far. Oh, and Valeri Nichushkin is a gamer. The show then shifts to injury updates on Gabriel Landeskog and Darren Helm, which coach Jared Bednar expanded on during his press availability on Saturday. The show ends with more Nazem Kadri talk and one of the funnier extra-attacker segments of the season. All that and more on this entertaining Sunday edition of Hockey Mountain High: Your go-to Avalanche Podcast.

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Aarif Deen is our Colorado Avalanche beat reporter. He covers Avs games live from Ball Arena and attends practices, media availabilities and other events pertaining to the Avs on the daily beat. He is also a co-host of Hockey Mountain High: Your go-to Avalanche Podcast. Deen joined Mile High Sports upon completion of his bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in business administration from the University of Michigan – Dearborn. Before Mile High Sports, Deen worked for the Michigan Wolverines Athletics Department as the assistant sports information director.

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