…and Reality
Unfortunately, the 2013 – 2014 season proved to be an outlier rather than a harbinger of better things to come. The 2014 – 2015 Avalanche saw a significant drop in scoring, and the team’s inconsistent defensive performance proved to be too much for Varlamov to overcome. As a result, the Avalanche fell from first to last in the Central Division and kicked off another streak of three playoff misses.