The Colorado Avalanche were one of the most powerful teams in the NHL during the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season. One could argue that they were one of the most powerful teams this past year, too.
During those two combined postseasons, though, they only won a total of two playoff rounds (their ‘third’ playoff round, the play-in tournament hosted in the bubble in the fall of 2020, was not a true elimination round for them but a round-robin seeding tournament). They were both the proud owners of some tremendous goaltending efforts and the victims of some truly unfortunate goaltending injury luck during both seasons — leaving them, in a two-goalie era, with a lopsided performance schedule that ultimately left their starters fatigued and unable to take them all the way.