The Fall of Jose Theodore.

T.C. Denault has a great article about the Avalanche high priced backup netminder at Habsworld.net. From the article:

It seemed at the moment on June 20th, 2002 as if the Roy malaise had finally lifted. Here was our new superstar, the guy who was going to carry the team to greatness, who had just become only the second goaltender to win the Hart trophy in the last forty years, something that the sainted Roy had never accomplished.

Though no one could have predicted it at the time, this relief would prove to be only temporary, and what the fans and the team had seen was a comet, something that’s stay in Montreal was too brief and ended as quickly as it had seemingly appeared. And even to this day the mysteries behind that comet’s disappearance are not entirely known.

For Avs fans, think of it as required reading.

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