Colorado proved that patience pays off in the NHL

By Austin Nivison, Jun 27, 2022 at 12:26 pm ET • 4 min read

Five years ago, it was hard to imagine the Colorado Avalanche winning much of anything. They were the league’s basement-dwellers.

But then the franchise underwent an impressive rebuild, which was capped off on Sunday night by winning a Stanley Cup.

Let’s examine how they went from the bottom to the top of the NHL.

Exit Patrick Roy, enter Jared Bednar…

Source: How the Avalanche went from rock bottom to Stanley Cup champions in five years – CBSSports.com