Final regular-season blog: Avs go out a winner

Adrian Dater, The Denver Post Very nice day at the Pepsi Center. Avs get Adam Foote a win in his final game, good crowd, lots of nostalgia and shaking of hands and “have a good summer” and just one big happy bowl of humanity at the Can. I could go all Scrooge here, but I won’t. Well maybe a little: I’ll just say this: the Avs are on the clock. Soon enough that will be the case at the draft in St. Paul, and when next season starts, the clock will start on the excuses that were – in my book – too easily bandied about in the final two months. If you listened around the building today, the entire reason for the Avs’ 5-26-2 finish to the final 33 began and ended with injuries. Of course, we all agree with some of that. Injuries played a big role in the record. But I didn’t hear enough accountability today for my taste otherwise. Basically, the Avs need to be fully healthy to be any good, we were told too often in the final two months. Othe...