Avalanche's Joe Colborne: Won't suit up Thursday

Colborne will sit out Colorado's final preseason game Thursday with a back injury, Mike Chambers of The Denver Post reports.

Colborne will likely find himself competing for ice time throughout the 2017-18 season with Blake Comeau. As a result, if might be a stretch to expect the 27-year-old Colborne to log the 62 games he did last year. It was a difficult 2016-17 for the towering center, as he went from a 44-point campaign the year before to a paltry eight points in his first season with the Avalanche.