Professional hockey in Colorado has seen better days. The 2016-17 NHL season marked the worst season in the history of the Colorado Avalanche. We have had to turn to the ECHL for any semblance of success in this great sport. We are forced to hope and pray that our prospects don’t become busts and wait for them to enter the league. We have seen better days. But, alas, that’s just the way she goes sometimes. The Avs will get better, just as the Blackhawks and Penguins before them who saw perpetual disappointment eventually replaced by sustained success.