Pierre LeBrun recently hinted that the Colorado Avalanche’s winning ways are crushing the confidence of other teams, namely the St. Louis Blues.
The Colorado Avalanche should have plenty of confidence as they lead the Western Conference (and the entire NHL) with 73 points on the season. They have a 12-point advantage on the next-best teams (the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild, who both have 61).
They are flying high. Some would say Cloud 9. With that many points at hand, they an afford a loss here and there, but nobody should be thinking about a loss for their team.