Kulak Leans on Experience As Avalanche Battle Mental Block

Colorado is trying to solve a problem that lives between the ears, and those are usually the hardest ones to fix. Kulak is drawing on past experience while the Avalanche work through a mental hurdle, which is the kind of playoff issue that does not show up in the box score but absolutely shows up on the ice. Teams love to talk about systems, but sometimes the real battle is getting the bench to believe the next shift will be better than the last one.