There is absolutely no way these guys are trying to tank. That is such a stupid comment.
Oh yeah, because you know for sure what they're doing? At least I speculate, obviously I wouldn't know for sure.
I'd still say the biggest issue with this team is not goaltending, its secondary scoring. After thinking about it a little bit, the Avs have always been an offensive minded team and that's not gonna change, and in a lot of this losses, yeah they play badly and fall behind in every game, but in a lot of the games they lose, they need that one extra goal to get a lead or come back and tie it, they cant get it because the 1st line is gassed and no one else on the team can change a game.
Goaltending is bad, but I think part of it has to do with them knowing that when the game is tied or a close game, if the 1st line isn't going, no one else is gonna break a game, so they play without confidence in net.
I blame coaching, I blame leadership or defense, goalies, but biggest problem is secondary scoring with this team
Edit: the goalies fold under pressure knowing that if they allow that one more goal, the game is over. Because when the team was winning, the 1st line scoring bunch of points every game, the goalies were playing just fine