Darren Dreger

But in saying all that, Brian, I do think that given that the Avs are obviously a top Stanley Cup contender and they just got swept by a machine in the Vegas Golden Knights, those sort of internal conversations will likely take place.

Yeah, I'm with you.

And I think collectively we had this conversation off air leading into the playoffs.

And, you know, every year on the TSN playoff preview, we all have to prognosticate, right?

You submit who you think is going to win the East, who's going to win the West, who's going to win the Stanley Cup.

And collectively, there was just a hesitation around Colorado.

which felt unfair at the point when you look at the season that they had.

But where does that feeling come from?

And then you fast forward to where we're at now, and again, the sweep at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights.

And yeah, I think you're right.

Something is off, but that's going to ultimately be up to Joe Sackick and senior management to figure out what it is.

I mean, Chris McFarlane has his fingerprints all over this roster.

They added significant depth at the trade deadline, again, to bolster their chances of contending for the Cup.

And again,

They failed.

Part of it, of course, is injury-related.

We know McKinnon wasn't healthy.

At least last night, Cale McCarr went through what he went through.

But come on.

I mean, every team to this point of the playoffs goes through injury issues.