The Colorado Avalanche lack a true identity. They are a team full of young skilled players, yet they have the worst overtime record in the NHL. Shouldn’t a team as talented as the Avalanche be even more talented with fewer players on the ice?
All the potential in the world can be ruined by coaching strategies.
The Colorado Avalanche have so much potential, but potential doesn’t win you hockey games. How you develop that potential is the difference between a championship caliber team and a team that could of been.
Now obviously players like Nathan Mackinnon, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby had potential that couldn’t have been diminished by a coaching staff; however the rest of the NHLers had to be developed properly.