Kiszla Pins Avalanche Chaos On Sakic’s Blueprint

The Avalanche are in a mess, and Mark Kiszla puts the blame squarely on the architect who built the place. That is the kind of sentence that lands with a thud in Denver, because Joe Sakic’s fingerprints are all over this roster and everybody in the building knows it. When a playoff run goes sideways, the questions get sharper fast - construction, fit, and whether the top decision-maker left himself enough margin for error.