When I’m asked what it’s like to cover a bad NHL team, I point out that I’ve had a lot of experience at it.
With the Colorado Rockies.
I was young, new in the business, wide-eyed and grateful for the opportunity to be on a major-league beat.
For the final five seasons of the Rockies’ six seasons in Colorado, through the team’s move to New Jersey in 1982, I chronicled the circus that was Denver’s first shot in the NHL. Through three ownerships and other near-sales and near-moves. Through a bunch of coaches — most notably, the bombastic Don Cherry.