Seth McConnell, Denver Post file)
DALLAS — Before the days of assessment and reckoning begin in earnest, the Avalanche has two games left — at Dallas against the Stars on Thursday and at home Saturday afternoon against the Anaheim Ducks.
Now that the Avs (39-37-4) have been eliminated from contention for a playoff berth, what's left to play for?
"Pride and the logo and our fans," Matt Duchene said after the 4-3 loss at Nashville on Tuesday. "And for each other. We won't lay over and die, and we don't want to embarrass ourselves just because it's hard and it stinks to know we're not in the playoffs.