3 reasons the Avalanche won’t win the Stanley Cup in 2024

DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 11: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in the third period of a game against the Edmonton Oilers at Ball Arena on April 11, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 11: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in the third period of a game against the Edmonton Oilers at Ball Arena on April 11, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
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We are getting so close to Colorado Avalanche hockey as the 2023-24 NHL season is just a few weeks away. The 2022 Stanley Cup champions are looking to make another run. It has been a good few years for them and they want it to continue.

They were defeated in the first round of the 2023 playoffs as the defending champions. The Seattle Kraken defeated the Avalanche in a great series to make sure that the champs would not repeat.

Now, after a long summer off for the first time in a long time, the Avalanche are getting ready to take a big run again this year. They are sure to be one of the best teams in the National Hockey League once again. It should be a very entertaining group.

There is a lot of hope that they can win the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years. They have some of the great superstars in the game that make their team great enough to believe that they can win any year.

The Colorado Avalanche are one of the best teams in the Western Conference.

When you have guys like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Mikko Rantanen amongst others on the team, there is a lot of firepower to go around. They also have a ton of experience in the regular season and the playoffs which should help them.

However, it doesn’t feel like this is going to be a year in which they are going to take it all. These are the three reasons that they are not going to win the Stanley Cup again: