The Colorado Avalanche are already reeling, and a visit by the Minnesota Wild could hurt their chances of turning things around just three weeks into the season.If recent history is any indication, Colorado is in trouble.The Wild have been a problem for the Avalanche since rallying to win their 2014 Western Conference quarterfinal series. Minnesota is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings with Colorado, including 4-0-1 at Pepsi Center in Denver, where the teams meet for a matinee game Saturday.Colorados problems go deeper than just overcoming Minnesota. The Avalanche lost four of the last five, managed one goal in their last two games and were outscored 6-1 in their last two home games.There obviously are some mistakes we can fix, center Matt Duchene told The Denver Post after Thursdays 4-0 loss in Chicago. I think at times were too quick with the puck or were having brain cramps with the puck. I think we can be a lot better creating offense like that and on the rush.First-year coach Jared Bednar switched Duchene to wing in the loss to the Blackhawks, putting him on a line with Nathan MacKinnon. It didnt produce a goal, but Duchene is encouraged by the chances he got playing with MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen.We got some really good looks, he told The Denver Post. Mikko was flying. If we stay together I think we can be a good line.The Avalanche further shook things up by placing fourth-line center John Mitchell on waivers. The 31-year-old did not record a point in four games after missing the first five games with a hip injury. Mitchell is in the final year of his contract.A concussion kept Mitchell out of the playoff series in 2014, where Minnesota established dominance over Colorado by winning four of the last five games to advance.The Wild are a different team since that series -- at least at the top. Bruce Boudreau was named the head coach this summer, and he has Minnesota second in the Central Division.One of the many bright spots for the Wild is the play of 19-year-old rookie Joel Eriksson Ek. Ek has two goals and three assists in six games this season, and if he plays in 10 he will burn the first year of his three-year rookie contract.Ek is playing well enough to consider keeping him instead of returning him to his professional team in Sweden, Farjestad.Burning a year of the contract means very little, Minnesota general manager Fletcher told The Minneapolis Star-Tribune. I dont think it hurts the team, and I dont really think it helps the player, or vice versa. I dont care about the 10 games. If it takes us 20 or 30 games to figure it out, so be it.Like Bednar, Boudreau is shaking up his lines. 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But just toward the end, I managed to calm myself down.Da Silva sent his drive soaring down the middle of the fairway and removed his cap as he looked back at the crowd, mostly golf officials who pushed to make golf part of the Olympic program again.Walking over to his bag, his caddie patted him on the back.His caddie is Andrew Edmondson, a tobacco buyer from Zimbabwe who once used an 11-year-old da Silva as his caddie during weekend rounds in Brazil and later brought him across the ocean to provide better golf instruction.Its the end of a long journey -- or the beginning of a new one, said Peter Dawson, the prresident of the International Golf Federation who stood proudly on the first tee.dddddddddddd Adilson said it all. The relief on his face showed it was a lot more than a normal event.The only disappointment for da Silva was a few concentration lapses that led to no birdies until No. 9, three bogeys on the back nine and a score that left him nine shots behind at the end of the opening round.At least the tee shot went well, and da Silva only smiled when asked how he slept the night before.Look, its in your mind. Everybody is talking about, your friends saying, `Wow, its such a nice thing to do, he said. But I still need to hit the shot. So it was tough.Most pleasing to da Silva was the crowd, which grew as the day wore on to resemble several PGA Tour events on a Thursday. Most of the Brazilians were following his group, and at one point he apologized to Graham DeLaet and Byeong Hun An for the extra commotion.They understand, he said. They know that we are not there yet, but were learning. People are there just to give us support. ' ' '