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Kiszla: Avalanche gets too cute, plays soft, then gets eaten alive by Sharks in NHL playoff loss

Hey, dude. This hairy, 4-2 loss the Avalanche suffered against San Jose in the NHL playoffs reminded me of a something a wiser fella than myself said in “The Big Lebowski.”

Sometimes you eat the bear. And sometimes Logan Couture, well, he eats you.

Too often on Tuesday night, the Avs were “cute” and “soft.”

Those are the words of Colorado coach Jared Bednar, not me. He criticized his team’s stubborn insistence on playing pretty hockey and stubborn refusal to do the down-and-dirty work.

Well, there’s absolutely nothing cute or soft about San Jose.