Is Avalanche’s current core good enough?
from Daily Faceoff (Frank Seravalli),
The Colorado Avalanche were the toast of the NHL for most of last season after a historically hot start to the regular season culminated in a Presidents’ Trophy win by eight points over the next-closest team.
Nathan MacKinnon finished third in the voting for the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP, while Cale Makar came in second place for the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman.
But in the playoffs, with MacKinnon and Makar battling through injuries in the Western Conference Final, a historic season came to an unceremonious, and even embarrassing, end with the Avs getting swept by the Vegas Golden Knights .
After Colorado’s top duo won the Cup in 2022 with help from now-departed co-star Mikko Rantanen, the Avs have failed to make it out of the West in any of the subsequent four postseasons.
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