Keeler: Avalanche should thank coach Jared Bednar for his service. Then replace him with DU Pios’ David Carle

Stan Kroenke doesn t own the Avalanche The Dallas Stars do Whiny Pete DeBoer does Still After all these years After all those trades After all those draft picks If not now when The Avs were up - in the third period on Saturday night chuckling old demons away while the fans partied back home With about eight minutes left on the clock PDB reached into his back pocket pulled out the title and waved it in the face of Mikko Rantanen The Moose got loose The Avs got hoosed as they say in Saskatoon If not now when Colorado went into Dallas with a full series from Val Nichushkin depth at center a fourth line with real teeth two new goaltenders and a miraculous return from Gabe Landeskog The Stars came in limping after a so-so April and without top scorer Jason Robertson and top defenseman Miro Heiskanen Dallas won anyway Jared Bednar has been a tremendous servant to this organization the kind of stand-up guy who leaves a room better than he uncovered it Related Articles Keeler Denver fans manifested up exhibited out for Nuggets Avalanche Meeting s Never root against us Grading The Week With Colorado locked out of No overall pick in Dick Monfort s Rockies can t even tank right Keeler Whiny Pete DeBoer s already working refs for Avalanche-Stars Contest Keeler Dude where s Cale Makar Avalanche demands more from star defenseman to beat Dallas Divers Keeler Shedeur Sanders phone prank should lead to fines suspensions for Atlanta Falcons coach But this Whiny Pete thing is real And it s not going away unless one of them does first Bednar s - against DeBoer in playoff series with the Avs He s now - against the guy in Match s Only the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils had a worse power-play percentage than Colorado s conversion rate during the first round I don t know a justifiably dour Nathan MacKinnon informed reporters Saturday Make better adjustments We had looks Not going in Yeah Bad adjustments Stan Kroenke and son Josh have to ask a simple question What would do MacKinnon more justice Not rocking the boat and then watching it get tipped over by DeBoer every other spring Or going after Dallas and or Vegas with a new voice and a new plan Because hoping for Whiny Pete to miss the postseason as he did in and you know what happened after that isn t a strategy Wyatt Johnston is Big Lian Bichsel is Thomas Harley is Jake Oettinger the netminder who s surely eliminated the Avs about times already is only If not now when The Mike Krzyzewski of college hockey DU Pios coach David Carle is just down the street Make a call Josh Better yet make five or six If Jim Montgomery could work at the next level so can Carle All those wins with World Juniors and whatnot I think it goes to show that he obviously gets the most of out of his players Avs forward and DU alum Logan O Connor advised me late last month when Chicago was reportedly chasing Carle for its vacancy He s great at growing his players I mean the winning values that he represents from DU has been pretty remarkable to see And if he decides to go pro I have no doubt that he s going to have great success with that as well Bednar s - in playoff overtime games with the Avs But he s - since and - since lifting the Cup in Bednar s - as Avs coach in -goal postseason tilts and - since dancing with Lord Stanley I think tactically Carle s adjustments on the fly will set him apart in the NHL O Connor reported I think that s something that he s dependably done a good job at even when he was an assistant he was on the penalty kill and I worked a lot with him on the penalty kill and his small adjustments in games that other coaches maybe wouldn t see Meanwhile when it comes to fine margins the Avs keep falling through the cracks Does Stan care Does Josh care The Kroenkes know football basketball and soccer pay the big bills You get the sense they look at hockey the way multiple Power college athletic directors sometimes look at women s basketball If it s fine leave it alone And the Avs are fine Technically But they re also potentially teetering on the brink GM Chris McFarland has maxed out the credit card to buy MacKinnon and Cale Makar a second title now to no avail Colorado doesn t have a first-round draft pick again until which is when Bednar s deal is up Landeskog s return is the story of the year so far feel-good or otherwise but it s also about to add million to the cap going forward Makar is next up for the big payday MacFarland didn t give Rantanen and how did that last one work out again It s a Nuggets-esque dilemma without the Nuggets internal drama Which is why I required Bednar last week How are things with Josh and Stan anyway And did their quick trigger with their other championship coach town Michael Malone give you any pause Well so the relationship s great Bednar replied They re obviously busy people so we see them every once in a while when Josh is in town and when he s around I talk to him I talked to him right before the playoffs But he s really supportive He gives you good insight They re terrific owners no question I think no one s going to put any more pressure on me or on our gang than we put on ourselves I think we ve got high expectations for a long time here I don t really think about that a lot I see a good coach in Malone get let go Things aren t working It happens all the time I understand it s the business side of it There s a personal side to it I know they really liked each other and liked him You sometimes have to make a change and that s the business The Avs blew a two-goal lead in the third Saturday They blew a two-goal lead at home last Thursday They blew three third-period cushions in this series Once is a lousy break Two is lousy karma Three Three is lousy coaching Period If not now when They were missing their best D and maybe their best forward and we still couldn t beat them MacKinnon communicated reporters Saturday Yeah I don t know I don t know what we re going to do Who can you get who s better In Bednar s defense that s a tough ask But if the Avs don t make a serious run at Carle then just like countless of those - 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