𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺: Gabe Landeskog has won the Mark Messier Leadership Award AND the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Award for his leadership on and off the ice, and in the community
Oh Captain, My Captain 💪
I understand the immediate anger about wanting to blow it all up. Fire everyone etc.
But can we take a moment and look at the facts:
This team lost 1 freaking time in all of 2025.
This team led the NHL wire to the wire for the first time in god knows how long.
This team had the most standings points in their 30 years history.
This team gave up the fewest goals and scored the most.
This team swept the first round and took out one of the top teams in the league and a bitter rival in 5 games.
Should what happened in the span of 8 days invalidate what this team did in 8 months?
With no Makar? And a very injured Mackinnon?
I don't get the window closing talk. Did the majority of this team have a rough series. YUP. Did many have a rough playoff. YUP.
But that shit happens. The playoffs are a lot of luck. They are very unpredictable. You gotta get your way through the regular season gauntlet before you can even start trying to get through.
Don't get me wrong this ending is unacceptable. But I just refuse to let these last 8 days invalidate what the last 8 months of Avalanche hockey felt like.
8 days ago this was the most fun season of Avs hockey I've seen in 30 years.
And next year?
We get a full year of Naz back. We will be featured in the biggest NHL premier game for the first time ever. We are getting TWO brand New Jerseys that I cannot wait to buy. And there's nothing I've seen that shows me they can't have a ton of success next year again.
Crazy how quick things flopped but it happens.
Bottom line I hope Sakic and Co and Avs Faithful take a step back and really look at the bigger picture here.
Holy shit. Young Jeezy, I Put On for My City. An anthem of a bygone era. Taking me right back to crazy days. The Western Conference Final is Colorado's, take it. The Mission resumes tomorrow.
Her: you must be a dude dressed as a mountain lion on a ladder on top of another ladder hitting backwards halfcourt shots if you think we’re fuckin
Me:
Banishing a fan to Taiwan because he jinxed your team in the playoffs is the absolute funniest thing a professional sports organization has ever done and I don’t think it’s particularly close
How can you not be romantic about the Denver Sports scene?
- Nuggets go up 1-0 on the Timberwolves
- 75,824 fans pack Mile High to watch the Rapids
- 47,925 fans watch the Rockies beat the Dodgers
- Avs fave off with the Kings in the 1st round of the playoffs