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Keeler: Avalanche can’t stop scoring. Alexandar Georgiev can’t stop winning. Mea culpa, Georgie.

Remember that first-round whupping of Nashville two years ago? Colorado’s 4-1 series win over Winnipeg was even more impressive, given the opposing goalie, the hype and the haters.

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) greets Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) in the handshake line after the Avalanche defeated the Jets 6-3 in game five and winning the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) greets Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) in the handshake line after the Avalanche defeated the Jets 6-3 in game five and winning the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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