The Colorado Avalanche have found themselves in a unique situation right now: Nothing like having yourself in the mental space to be winning the next game, no matter what’s happened to the team, then have that stop abruptly.
Hockey players need to have the mental toughness to handle all of the emotions of a hockey season.
For the Colorado Avalanche this season I imagine they have had lots of emotional battles to manage.
Early on in the season, there was a spate of injuries that saw Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen and a group of other players sidelined for an extended period of time, with injuries.