Avalanche Stare Down A 3-0 Hole With No Room Left To Breathe

Colorado is calling this “our most difficult challenge,” and that is probably the understatement of the spring. Trailing 3-0 entering Game 4, the Avalanche are in the kind of postseason corner where every shift gets heavier and every mistake starts echoing. Teams talk about resilience all the time, but this is the round where you learn whether that word means something or just looks good on a T-shirt.