Shoddy Defense Collapsing Down the Stretch for the Colorado Avalanche

Posted: 23rd March 2010 by James Crider in NHL
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The naysayers may get their happy ending after all. The collapse may have finally begun. With 10 games left in the regular season, the Colorado Avalanche, once poised to take the Northwest Division title, find themselves sitting in seventh place in the Western Conference, only five points ahead of ninth place Calgary. In a season where the talk of the town has been the squad's young talent, very little of that talent has been on the blue line. The defense is a dinosaur squad—the Achilles' heel of the Avalanche from game one, and has somehow managed to get worse recently. Colorado has allowed 14 goals in the past four games, including an embarrassing win (thanks to Craig Anderson's heroics) where they allowed 51 shots against Dallas. Foot speed is a big reason why they've been so in ...

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