Joe Sakic has experienced plenty of exhilarating highs in nearly four decades as part of the Colorado Avalanche, but he’s also no stranger to the feeling permeating through the organization right now.
The Avs were Stanley Cup contenders when they woke up Saturday morning. The season was over before they went to sleep. And it all came crashing down stunningly with a Game 7 collapse at the hands of Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars.
“It hurts right now. This one stings,” Sakic said Tuesday at Colorado’s end-of-season press conference. “I’m not going to lie to you.