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Avalanche Looking For Turnaround

from Todd Kimberley at NHL.com,

Wasn’t the pain supposed to end April 12?

That’s what Colorado Avalanche fans must be asking in the midst of a surreal summer—which followed the worst NHL season Denver has seen since the Avs relocated there from Quebec City in 1995.

A mea culpa comes from no less than team president Pierre Lacroix, who had waded back into the fray after working behind the scenes in semi-retirement since 2005.

“It was my mess. I caused it,” Lacroix said. “I have no excuses. We lost our way of doing business. But our people, our organization, our owner, our players and I will clean it up.”

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Doctors deliberately broke Lacroix’s leg and confined him to bed with a prescription for painkillers.

I fully understand that this is a serious situation for Lacroix, but, come on, the way that’s worded, that’s just plain funny.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 08/08/09 at 09:46 AM ET

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