The Avs are so bad they’re hazardous to marital bliss.
A hockey lover sitting on the sofa in Denver has no claim to the television remote when Colorado is getting run off the ice in a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh, the defending Stanley Cup champion.
I have a theory of why the Avalanche’s television ratings have plummeted by 57 percent from a year ago, and it goes beyond the fact Jared Bednar is in over his head as coach and castoffs from bona fide NHL teams are playing big minutes on offense (Matt Nieto) and defense (Mark Barberio) for Colorado.