The Colorado Avalanche are in a terrible state. I don’t mean Colorado — it’s lovely here. (Unless you’re planning on moving here, then it’s a pit — stay home.) Rather, the team appears to have hit rock bottom.
Or, in the case of center Matt Duchene, a teammate:
This is not the season any of us wanted. For Avalanche fans, I don’t think it’s the season we really envisioned either.
It’s the season we’ve got, though. The team is dead last in the NHL and seems more in the Nolan Patrick draft race than in the playoff hunt.