And the answer to the question posed at the end of the previous post is, quite well, thanks!
The Avs, without home ice advantage, pretty easily dispatched the reigning Champs, Edmonton, with
Terry Ross shutting things down in net (see Game 2 below),
Tommy Lockhart,
Brian Hughes, and
Aleksandr Dugin leading the way on offense (and playing good d), and
Tomas Dingle, who didn't have a great season, playing shutdown defense against the Oilers (80 DGR).
After the Avs got a stunning overtime win in Game 1 in Edmonton (an even strength goal for rookie
Clark St. Croix assisted by old man
James Joyal), it was probably the game 2 1-0 shutout in Edmonton that completely deflated the Oilers and foreshadowed the Avs eventual series victory.
Although Edmonton would battle back for a game 4 win in Denver when they scored 2 goals in the 3rd period for a 3-1 victory, the Avs wrapped things up with a 3-2 win on the road in game 5.
Next up: the Calgary Flames who went 46-30-6 for 98 points, finishing 3rd in the Pacific Division.
And that is where we are, all caught up.
I'll keep you posted, likely game to game at this point, for the rest of the playoff run for the Avs.