Winning the Stanley Cup was easy. For their next big trick, the Avs will set up Jenga blocks on the ice, then see how many pieces of a championship puzzle they dare remove without it all crashing down at their skates.
At the center of it all, with the dreams of a hockey dynasty balancing precariously on his slim, unproven shoulders, is new goalie Alexandar Georgiev.
“The team is unreal. They just won the Cup,” Georgiev said Tuesday. “They have the same goal for the next few years … (It’s) a chance I’ve always dreamed about.”