Many decisions ahead for improved Avalanche

Broom goes the dynamo

On the Wings found this 5/2/2008 on inthecheapseats.com

For about 18 minutes, it seemed like the seriously depleted Avalanche were going to be able to hang with the Red Wings. And then, right on schedule, the wheels came off the bus. A turnover with Hannan pinching led to a Holmstrom goal on a 2 on 1 and ...

WCS Game 4: Red Wings 8, Avalanche 2

Puck Daddy found this 5/2/2008 on www.milehighhockey.com

Well, thank god that's over. Despite the hope that they would leave the series with at least one win, the Avalanche once again completely crapped the bed and lost to the Red Wings 8-2 . The sweep in the Western Conference Semifinals worsened the Avs' ...

Living with the aftershock

Colorado Avalanche Talk (aka Avs Talk) found this 5/2/2008 on inthecheapseats.com

I’m not doing a recap for last night’s game. Every game in the series was pretty much the same - decent play by the Avs for a stretch peppered with back-breaking mistakes. In 3 of the 4 games, the Wings scored two goals in under two ...

Will it Be Detroit and Dallas?

Sportsmaniac77 posted 5/2/2008 from mvn.com

Last night the Detroit Red Wings bounced the Colorado Avalanche from the playoffs with an 8-2 victory. For me this was a stunner that the Red Wings were able to dominate like they did. I knew they probably would win the series but not like this. In defense for Colorado they weren’t totally healthy to begin with. When all your best offensive talent misses at least game in the series you are...

Swedish Great 8 pushes Detroit to round 3

KK Hockey found this 5/2/2008 on www.cbc.ca

Denver – In the end, Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk had to be feeling like Butch and Sundance. Down to their last few rounds, with little time to re-load before making one last charge out against Those Who Lurked. It was a massacre, all right, ...