The Colorado Avalanche on paper have a scary good defensive corps. To be honest, at times during the playoffs, they had a scary good defense on the ice, too.
The blueline was once an area of weakness for Colorado. However, recent drafts, trades, and free agency signings have seen the team shore up that weak point. And now it looks to be a crown jewel in the Avs’ roster.
Now, when things aren’t going right, Jared Bednar tends to take his salad spinner approach to linemaking. Well, conventional wisdom has that you shouldn’t mess with the defensive pairings that much, and I’ll give Bednar credit for following that wisdom.