Table of Contents
Colorado Avalanche, 2013-14 Roster vii
Off the Record… xi
Part I Resurfacing
Coach Roy 3
Hockey's Denver Limbo 13
Moving Forward 23
The Kid 31
Summer Moves 37
Netminders 39
Camp 45
Part II Regular Season
Getting Started 55
Young Guns 61
"Why Not Us?" 79
Blood Feud, Redux 89
Glass Houses 99
Staying on Track 109
Divisional Battles 117
Blueliners 127
"Tell Patrick to…" 139
Unreliable Sources 147
Dismissed, but Not Forgotten 157
Selected and Snubbed 165
Those Darned Rings 175
Forwards 185
On the Block 193
Denver Starts Paying Attention 203
Will He Stay or Will He Go? 211
On Defense: Off the Scrap Heap 221
"What's Made 'Em So Good…" 225
Club de Hockey 235
Grit 245
And Down the Stretch They Come! 249
Part III Playoffs
It's Minny 263
Balls on the Table 275
Sudden Death… and Beyond 283
Stats and Standings 293