While the Colorado Avalanche greatly improved over a dismal season last year, shattering expectations left and right and arguably putting up more of a fight than the Detroit Red Wings against the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Avalanche were bogged down throughout the regular and post-season by their defensive situation.
That’s right folks, your Colorado Avalanche just did the impossible and beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in San Jose for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Just like at the start of the regular season, “pundits” didn’t predict much out of the Avs, and they have started to prove everyone wrong, again.
This year’s postseason, playoff hockey is sure to be a great battle for Lord Stanley’s cup. You have the Washington Capitals dominating the East, and the San Jose Sharks atop of the West. Predictions from the “experts” are pouring in left and right and suddenly it feels like we’re back at the beginning of this year’s season – with everyone ragging on the Colorado Avalanche.
As much as fans would love to blame someone else for this game (refs), the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks sat squarely on the team’s shoulders. It still seems to be a matter of core fundamentals that are costing this team valuable points in a race for 8th place that is quickly becoming unbearably tight.
Many look at the Colorado Avalanche’s record since the Olympic break and begin to despair. The fact that our beloved team has somehow fallen apart like everyone said it would weighs as heavy on the heart as the 6-8 record they’re boasting since March 1. Really it should even be 5-9 as they stole a shootout victory from the Los Angeles Kings. Counting that win, the Avs are 1-5 in their last 6 games. It is too important a time for this to be happening!
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The Nashville Predators managed to shut down the youthful Colorado Avalanche, netting their 3rd win against the Avs this season and drawing ever closer to Colorado in the Western Conference points race. With every game being immensely important at this point in the season, last night’s loss was devastating to the team.
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