Let's get right to the action. Here's how Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla opened his report from the X after the Wild demolished the Colorado Avalanche 5-0 on Thursday night:

"Hockey never forgives or forgets a sin. So sooner or later, the bad blood that began when Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie painfully limped off the ice in April after a cheap shot by Minnesota forward Matt Cooke will come back to bloody a victim wearing a Wild uniform.

" 'One day,' Patrick Roy told me Thursday, 'it might be the opposite. One of our players will hurt one of their guys. And I'm sure everybody is going to be very happy to remind (Minnesota) what happened to Tyson Barrie.' "

And here's how Kiszla concluded his column: "The Avs get another shot at Minnesota on Saturday, during their home opener at the Pepsi Center. Free advice to Cooke: Keep your head on a swivel. The first shot of the game might be a fist directed at a lowdown, dirty Wild man certain to be greeted in Denver by a chorus of boos."

Here's Kiszla's entire ode to hockey justice.

Cooke was suspended for seven games during the playoffs for his knee-job on Kiszla, a penalty that was seen as well-deserved even among Wild fans. And if the same thing happened in reverse, Wild fans would be wondering who would take the shot at getting revenge for the team.

Avalanche fans aren't being shy about making their feelings known about Cooke.

Here's some of it from Thursday night:

There were some people who thought that vengeance would come when the Avs entered the third period already trailing by five.

Didn't happen, though, which could make Saturday night in Denver all the more interesting.

h/t @ybba2215, who has quite the collection of Cooke tweets, including some unfit for a "family web site."