Nov 28, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrates his goal with center Matt Duchene (9) and center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and defenseman Erik Johnson (6) and defenseman Francois Beauchemin (32) in the first period against the Winnipeg Jets at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Colorado Avalanche fans experienced anxiety anticipating the team would trade away their favorite players. It hasn’t happened — yet.

For today being Social Media Day, it was tough to be a Colorado Avalanche fan on Twitter. Rumors about potential Avalanche trades were rampant.

We heard Gabriel Landeskog was going to the Anaheim Ducks for Hampus Lindholm. Or maybe he was going to the Winnipeg Jets for Jacob Trouba. Of course, you could always ship Tyson Barrie off to the Edmonton Oilers for Leon Draisaitl, though Edmonton wants to get rid of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Naturally, Matt Duchene could be going anywhere at any time.

In the end, this is what we got:

Takin in the day with the world’s biggest lap dog @paisleythebrittany A photo posted by Matt Duchene (@matt9duchene) on Jun 30, 2016 at 2:03pm PDT

That’s right, our star center — still our star center — hanging out with his dog. It illustrated the silliness of what was, in effect, a rumor frenzy rather than a trade one.

It was yesterday, you see. Some big names went to other teams, and the trades felt lopsided. The Montreal Canadiens sent their young, talented offensive defenseman P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators for their aging offensive defenseman Shea Weber. Then the untradeable Taylor Hall got shipped from the Edmonton Oilers to the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Adam Larsson.

So, yes, here in Avs Nation we were very uneasy today.

Apparently Colorado Avalanche GM Joe Sakic was very busy making and/or receiving phone calls for potential trades. He’s made no bones about the fact that he wants a top-4 defenseman, and he thinks he has to trade for that.

On the flip side, the team isn’t exactly swimming in tradeable players. It would make no sense to trade a defenseman for a defense- oh, wait, we did see that trade go down yesterday. Still, a team that has a top-6 consisting of a 39-year-old (Jarome Iginla, as of tomorrow) and possibly Mikhail Grigorenko or rookie Mikko Rantanen can hardly afford to ship off a top forward for a top defenseman.

Sakic has said the team won’t be overly active in free agency. They really don’t have the cap space to do so — Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Barrie are due big raises. Instead, they’re bound to use the day to get a few bargain depth players to fill up the bottom six forwards and the defensive corps.

Read more about the Colorado Avalanche and cap here:

In the end, it was a stressful day as some of us imagined our favorite players getting traded away. Tomorrow is Free Agency Frenzy day, and there’s nothing to say that blockbuster trades can’t happen tomorrow, too. I think the majority of us in the fandom hope nothing too drastic happens.

After all, it must be great to be on the Nashville or New Jersey side of yesterday’s trades. Not so much from Montreal’s or Edmonton’s points of view.