Analyst Urges Avalanche to Fire Jared Bednar After 4-Game Sweep by Golden Knights
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Updated · The Denver Post · May 26
Analyst Urges Avalanche to Fire Jared Bednar After 4-Game Sweep by Golden Knights
13 articles · Updated · The Denver Post · May 26
Colorado’s 2-1 Game 4 loss completed a 4-0 Western Conference final sweep, prompting a call for the Avalanche to dismiss Jared Bednar with 1 year left on his contract.
The case centers on a postseason collapse: the No. 1 seed won 16 more regular-season games than Vegas, then failed to win a playoff game for the first time since 2008.
That defeat is framed as part of a broader pattern, with Colorado now 0-for-4 since its 2022 Stanley Cup in reaching the championship round despite title-or-bust expectations.
Bednar’s supporters point to player failures and injuries, but the critique says his system has stopped working in the playoffs and roster constraints make changing coaches easier than remaking the core.
With stars injured and a GM possibly leaving, is firing a championship coach the real answer to Colorado's playoff curse?
Their analytics-based system dominated the regular season. Why has it now failed them in four consecutive playoff runs?