“I feel like if he's loose and confident and playing his game he has the ability to not only win us games, but steal games,” Bednar said.
Bednar noted that Wedgewood had earned the prior starts, but the team failed to secure a victory in Game 3.
“We felt confident with both these guys all year long, and I felt like Wedge kind of earned the net in (Games 1 and 2) and we gave him the shot in Game 3 and we didn't get it done.
It's not on him either, it's on our team,” Bednar said.
The Avalanche held a team meeting on Monday evening to recalibrate their focus before facing elimination.
“Our team’s played with more intensity and more desperation as the series (has) gone on,” Bednar said. “Hasn’t worked out for us yet.
I think with the hill to climb, it’s definitely a tough one.
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It just doesn’t happen very often, and we’re certainly understanding of that, but I think we have a lot of pride and a lot of character in our room that displayed that time over time throughout the course of the year.”
Bednar expects a fierce performance from his players given the high stakes.
“This will be our most difficult challenge, but I believe that we will show up and we will be ready to play,” Bednar said.
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Avalanche teammates expressed confidence in their collective depth to support the roster adjustments for Game 4.
