The window wasn’t just there. It was gaping. The Broncos spent most of the last four years as one of the NFL’s great double face palms, a football giant dying on its feet from self-inflicted wounds. The Rockies were — and based on the last 20 days, still are — a clown show masquerading as a Major League Baseball team.
But the Avalanche and Nuggets? Since 2018, dang it, they were different.
They had clever front offices. They had savvy coaches who won. They had superstars. They had hope.