Disclaimer: Not apologizing for Budaj. He needed to be better.
That being said, is altitude an issue when we play in Denver? Had me thinking, because the entire team kind of went to s*** in the third. Obviously the refs played a part, as did our huge lead, and backing off, but Colorado just looked sharper. It was night and day. I bring this up because I thought the team as a whole, but Budaj in particular, looked pretty solid through the first half of the game, only to kind of melt towards the end. Food for thought, I suppose.
Irrespective of any conditioning stuff, I do like that we had to fight back to save that win. We don't really get tested like that a whole lot these days, and it's good for the team's psyche. Video game numbers are great during the regular season, but we'll need a ton of heart and tenacity in the spring.