Being an attendee of a Colorado Avalanche game at the Pepsi Center is akin to watching the painful removal of a Band-Aid from Chewbacca’s armpit — sure, it’s tough to watch, you’re only semi-interested though, and you really don’t have any empathy for the result.
That needs to change. NHL teams don’t lose on home ice the way the Avs are losing on home ice. It just doesn’t happen.
Sure, there are four other teams with losing records on home ice, but only two of those teams are more than one game below .500. And, those two teams are only two games below .