With the Colorado Avalanche’s season well and truly over and in a most disappointing fashion — with a season-high six-game losing streak — it’s time to start spreading the blame around. No matter how you look at it, the Colorado Avalanche under-performed.
The team certainly has talent. The core is comprised of four high draft picks — Matt Duchene (3rd-overall), Garbriel Landeskog (2nd-overall), Erik Johnson (1st-overall for St. Louis), Nathan MacKinnon (1st overall). Add to that the often wondrous play of Tyson Barrie and Semyon Varlamov as well as future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla.