The Colorado Avalanche makes the conference finals for the first time in two decades by investing in their defensemen.
COL has some of the best puck-moving blueliner still in the playoffs (Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Bowen Byram, plus the injured Sam Girard). The team gives its defensemen the green light even when scoreboard pressure is on.
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