“Hasn’t been our goal from the start” – Colorado Avalanche not yet satisfied with Stanley Cup Final journey
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The Colorado Avalanche are set to play their first Stanley Cup Final ever since winning the championship in 2001. However, they are not yet satisfied with this and want to clinch the title.
The Gabriel Landeskog-led side will now face either the New York Rangers or Tampa Bay Lightning in the final chapter of the tournament. Notably, the Eastern Conference Final is currently tied 2-2 after the Lightning won 4-1 in Game 4 on Tuesday at Amalie Arena. On the other hand, the Avs swept the Nashville Predators in the best-of-7 first round, defeated the St. Louis Blues in the second round and swept the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final.
“We have one step left, and I don’t feel like any of our guys are satisfied,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said on Tuesday, as quoted by NHL.com. “Advancing has been great, but it hasn’t been our goal from the start. Winning the whole thing has been, and our guys are focused on that and seem like they’re determined.”
“Important to enjoy the journey but we still got work to do”
Skipper Landeskog stated it’s important for the players to enjoy their great performance in the tournament, however, they must remember the job is not yet done.
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“It’s important to enjoy the journey and important to enjoy the moment,” Landeskog said. “Obviously, [we’re] keeping our focus on the main goal. We all know what that is. I’m proud of the group and proud of what we’ve done so far, but we’re not done. I think you flip the switch pretty quickly.
“Once we show up to practice, we’ve got to put some work in and keep our intensity up and fine-tune some things. Before we know our opponent, we still got work to do.”
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