Avalanche coach Jared Bednar has some advice for new defenseman Josh Manson. “I want to see him sort of relax and let the game come to him a little bit,” Bednar said.

Lana Manson, Josh Manson’s mother, died Aug. 5 from melanoma. The Avalanche defenseman has been carrying grief all season, and the shirts were his teammates’ way of saying they were thinking ...