My son Chris who was a pretty decent offensive defenseman at one point in his life may not want to hear this, but the Colorado Avalanche don’t appear to be ready for a run at the Stanley Cup just yet.
Colorado’s defense and goaltending just aren’t there at this point. You can’t win a Cup with just one scoring line and a power play either.
It looks like Las Vegas to me in the West although the Dallas Stars have some interesting pieces and took the St. Louis Blues to a Game 7 last year in the semis in the West.
In the East…I would think the winner of Boston vs. Tampa will be the eventual team to advance to the Cup finals although Mike McEwen’s NY Islanders appear to have a little something going right now. Let us not forget Coach Barry Trotz who took the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup Championship is now the coach of the Islanders. Lest us not forget that salient fact.
Wednesday night in Denver is mens open league night at the University of Denver for my son Chris. He already has a stick in my almost one year old grandson’s hands. I would think little Robert will be on skates next time this year working on his back crossover so I can give him his first Bobby Orr jersey.
If little Robert turns out to be a forward then it will be a Super Mario jersey who is my second favorite hockey player of all-time.