Welcome home, Stanley.
“This is for you, Denver. We (bleeping) love you!” captain Gabe Landeskog declared to a crowd of 500,000 spilling out of Civic Center Park as rain began to fall on a summer day when the Avalanche marched the Stanley Cup through town.
Nobody loves a victory parade more than Denver. But know what was so cool about this particular Thursday in June? It was a love letter to a city . . .