It’s time to get moderately optimistic. Don’t get too excited, but it’s time to lift your head up as an Avs fan.
The Colorado Avalanche might actually have a chance at making the playoffs.
Earlier in the season, when the team started off worse than they had last year, making the playoffs seemed like a pipe dream. They sank lower and lower until they were last in the Central Division. I think at one point they may have been last in the whole Western Conference.
Everything was wrong. Semyon Varlamov was playing poorly — to the point that backup Reto Berra was getting us more wins.