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Avalanche now paying a price

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

How far have they fallen? The Colorado Avalanche are last in the Western Conference. They had lost seven in a row going into Wednesday's game in Denver against Phoenix. They're in a chase of the Islanders for the league's overall basement that has the most wacko of conspiracy theorists musing that it's such a "tank" job, the Pepsi Center Zambonis might as well be painted to resemble World War II-era Shermans. But the truth is, the combination of injuries and the effects of management failures ...

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