“People in my position, guys at the top, we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard and not let the bad luck trickle down,” said Cale Makar following the Avs’ most recent injury-plagued loss to the Boston Bruins.
Boston: Seated at his stall, looking ahead as though enthralled, was Cale Makar. After the Avalanche lost to the Bruins 5-1 on Saturday night, he was the only player still in the dressing room. However, he had not taken off his skates. An unfair weight that he carries around with him has just grown even heavier.
He remarked, “It starts with us at the top.” “Guys at the top like myself need to hold ourselves to a higher standard and stop the trickle-down effect.”
An additional injury, an additional cause to feel more accountable.
The Avs (13-8-1) are surviving without a roster of key players, but each time it looks like they are becoming a legitimate contender, another man waddles off the ice and into the locker room. superior wing Following his recent breakup of a nine-game point streak, Artturi Lehkonen emerged as the newest doubt on Saturday after leaving the game in the first quarter due to an upper-body injury.
Coach Jared Bednar believed the Avalanche’s vigor and intensity had vanished after that intermission. That was his excuse for “frustration.”
Regardless of how serious Lehkonen’s case ends up being, the effect on teammates is just draining.
Bednar declared, “We have to be mentally tough.” While the margin of error is getting smaller, we can still win hockey games. Sometimes it seems like you need to be practically flawless to prevail.
The Avalanche stars are mainly consumed by that sentiment. After Colorado’s loss to Boston, both Makar and Mikko Rantanen brought up the old adage “no excuses,” though anyone looking at Colorado’s current roster could find up to nine reasons to give an explanation.
Naturally, I believe it has an impact on us, Rantanen said. “Despite a few injuries, we’ve been doing a good job of stepping up every time. However, when seven players are not in your starting lineup, which is typically the case, it becomes difficult. particularly when playing a team like Boston.
If Colorado had been even slightly healthier, would the outcome of a game such as this one have been different?
“So, it seems like we’re lacking quality players? Surely, one plus one equals two. Rantanen disclosed to The Post. It’s obviously different if you have good players—that is, big, important players back.
But no justifications, as I mentioned. Athletics can result in injuries.
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