No opponent will be taken lightly and no series will be a breeze. But the Avalanche appears fully prepared to take its best shot at the Stanley Cup since winning it for the second time in 2001.
Goaltending and clutch scoring will be key, but keeping the Avs’ top-pair defensemen healthy and together will be equally as important.
“What ‘Taser’ is able to do is really read off what Cale is doing,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “It’s not easy to play with a guy that is getting active all over the place, right?”Look at the numbers: Toews leads all NHL defensemen with a plus-54 rating, and Makar is second at plus-49. And with Toews in the lineup, the Avs are 51-9-5. In the 16 games Toews has missed, Colorado is 5-10-1.
“It’s part of his game. It’s what we want him to do,” Bednar said of Makar. “We want him to be real active on the offensive side of things.” “When plays with Taser, it’s purposeful. If he gets active, Taser may slide over into his spot when he goes around the net, so if he climbs again, they’re on opposite sides — now on their one-timers,” Bednar said in coachspeak. “If he gets active down the middle, Taser could just slide in behind him. They’ll do a scissor up top like that.
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