Bednar Still Has Backers As Avalanche Shake Their Tree

Jared Bednar is getting backing to remain behind the Avalanche bench, which tells you the noise around his job has not turned into a full-blown panic. In this league, public support often matters less than the private conversations happening after midnight, and those are always the ones that decide a coach's fate. The Avalanche have standards that do not leave much room for a sleepy summer, and every whisper about the bench gets louder when expectations stay high.