ST. LOUIS — Jared Bednar has fallen behind — in a good way — with the Jack Adams Award voting for NHL coach of the year.
The Avalanche coach, the club’s all-time winningest bench boss, was not among the three announced finalists for the 2022 award Thursday. But based on his body of work, Bednar certainly should have been — and he should have already won it at least once in his five previous years in Colorado.
He was a finalist in 2018 after leading the Avs from an NHL-worst 22 wins and 48 points in his rookie season of 2016-17 to the playoffs the following year.