Defense gave up 25 shots and had one terrible breakdown when Cliche and Barrie covered the same guy. Avs just can't score. The line mixing needs to stop, as Roy pointed out. The stars need to be stars. When they were, the mistakes made by the lesser players could be overcome, but when everyone of our "untouchable core" plays like 2nd/3rd liners, it will always be tough to win.
Not sure what everyone expects on here anymore, and probably why I avoid the GDTs during the game now, but Holden, Guenin, Cliche, Mitchell, etc are going to make mistakes. Expecting less, and pining for guys like Malone and Klesla as if they won't have their own flaws, is getting old. Not as old as the Landeskog doesn't care or try hard, he should be stripped of the captaincy is though.
Time for the star players to earn their money, because IMO, the "role player plugs" are giving much better effort and results right now, and that is not what happens on a playoff team when times get tough.