Meh, this isn't a huge surprise. Colorado can play better than this but there's no question right now that they are being systematically outcoached. I think the reason the Flames were so inept against them wasn't because they needed more plugs like Compher and Kerfoot and Jost and the like, or that they needed more 200 lbers... it was mainly that Peters was an outright, unmitigated disaster of a coach in his first playoffs.
That the Sharks have totally dismantled the Avs attack early in the series in total team fashion is a major indictment on Peters. Like I said post-series, much of what Peters did well in the regular season was negated by how bad he was in the playoffs. If they make it again next year, he has as much to prove (if not more) as anyone on the roster.
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