Avalanche injury woes continue: Ross Colton has broken foot, Miles Wood joins walking wounded

Just when it seemed like the Colorado Avalanche’s injury situation couldn’t get worse, it did.

Jared Bednar said Wednesday morning that Ross Colton will miss six-to-eight weeks with a broken foot after leaving the Avalanche game early Monday night. The coach also said Miles Wood is likely out 7-10 days with an upper-body injury that he’s been trying to play through but no longer can.

This means the Avs will play Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Lighting without six of the club’s top-10 forwards, more than $26 million worth of players.

“I feel like we’ve been through it a lot,” Bednar said. “Every year, we seem to go through a stretch where we’re scrapping to get a lineup of 20. What makes this one unique is it’s kind of right out of the gate.

“What we’re discussing is just control what you can control. I don’t have control over the injuries or who is in our room at any given time. My focus is on coaching the players that are able to play for us, and the players’ focus has to be on doing their job to the best of their abilities.”

Those two join Valeri Nichushkin (suspension), Artturi Lehkonen (shoulder), Jonathan Drouin (upper body) and Gabriel Landeskog (knee) on the unavailable list. Colorado recalled T.J. Tynan from the Eagles and will also play extra defenseman Oliver Kylington at forward to fill in the holes.