How much do regular seasons really matter? Some say not at all, some say very much so. The Colorado Avalanche have proven they can handle the regular season with relative ease, but the playoff show why winning a Stanley Cup can be so difficult.

Just ask the 2000-2001 Colorado Avalanche. When we look back, we see a team that still hold the record for most points in franchise season and we see the iconic image of Joe Sakic handing the Cup to Ray Bourque. But it wasn't all easy for that team.

We compare this team to that one and discuss the difficult road ahead for this current Avalanche team to win their first championship since that 2001 team did so in dramatic fashion.

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