I’ve been going to local college, semi-pro, and pro hockey games for the past 30+ years, and the attendance here is in direct relation to the media coverage.

I’m not necessarily disagreeing but you just essentially called it that, lol.

my bad.

What Bough didn’t mention is that Duchene still hasn’t started heating up yet. His play in his own zone has shown a lot of improvement and he still looks quick and creative when he is in the attacking zone. It is only a matter of time before he starts putting up more serious points.

Also, Jones has already proven he can remain healthy and has been a consistent force, even after the collapse last year. If anything, the health of Peter Mueller is more concerning. The Avalanche have one of the best third lines in the league in the first six games with Landeskog/O’Reilly/Winnik setting the tone for the rest of the team.

Kyle Quincey is highly underrated and Ryan O’Byrne has proven dependable, even though he takes the occasional penalty. Hejda is solid and Wilson is a serious NHLer. The team has meshed well with a mean O’Brien. Plus, they are big. Quincey and Johnson can both put up some offensive numbers.

This team won’t contend, but are bound to surprise some fans and win others back. They are still on the tail end of a rebuild, but the true identity of this team is emerging. They are realizing their going to be mean and hard to play against in their own end, and fast and energetic at the other end. Bough, you are going to eat your words.

There was good attendance for the opening games and the playoffs, too.

The game ended 3-2. I know because I watched it on tv.

- The Avs marketing department has been on vacation since the lockout. The effort to promote the team around town has been abysmal, with most of the advertising going towards their own cable sports channel. They are basically marketing towards the fans that are already watching the team.

- In fact, the most public thing the Avalanche have done in recent years was the creation of Bernie, the mascot. Knock me over with a feather.

- This has always been, and always will be, Broncos country. The Broncos recently brought long time favorite quarterback John Elway into the management fold, much like the Avalanche brought Joe Sakic into their front office. The major difference is that John Elway is then allowed to talk to the media and the fans. The Avalanche are famous for hiding from the media. For every talk about there being a face of the franchise, we never see it.

- Speaking of media, before the lockout, Denver was a two newspaper town (managed by one company, and run out of the same building, but I digress). Now, Denver has one paper, and one beat writer. That’s it. Really. The Avalanche doesn’t acknowledge the blogs, so we have one real source of information, and the relationship between the Avs and the Denver Post is contentious at times.

- Sports radio here talks about the Broncos most of the time. They know what side their bread is buttered on.

- There has been one home game this season. ONE. Where the Avs got pounded by the Red Wings. Let’s give it a little time, OK?

While I can’t argue with the idea of the fan base being previously spoiled, there are other reasons they have stayed away from the rink over the last few years. The fans here love the team just fine, even as the team has turned it’s back on the fans.

The title of your post would be more accurate if it were “Will the Denver media ever love the Avs again?”