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Kiszla: Avalanche needs coach Jared Bednar to be more than Ken doll on team bench when going gets tough in NHL playoffs

Who’s driving this bus?

Is his job as coach of the Avalanche nothing more than to look as handsome as Ken doll on the team bench? Or should Jared Bednar be held responsible for Colorado being asleep at the wheel?

“It’s one loss. The series isn’t over,” Bednar said Thursday, after the Avs gave away the home-ice advantage they labored all season to earn with a lackadaisical 4-1 loss to St. Louis in Game 2 of their best-of-seven playoff series. “It’s not close to being over. Not for us and not for them.”

Is this series over?