Avs Fan Confidence Index: The addition of Darcy Kuemper instills some confidence

It’s been an eventful offseason for the Colorado Avalanche—for better and for worse. The moves—or lack thereof—have been polarizing for much of the Avs fanbase, with many playing armchair GM and airing their grievances across social media. 

So I took to Avs Twitter to get a general pulse on things, posing the question: How confident are you in this season’s Avalanche, based on off-season moves? 

#Avs 2021 Off-season Confidence Index:

How confident are you in this season’s Avalanche, based on off-season moves?

— Scott MacDonald (@0ffScottFree) August 1, 2021

If you log on to Avs Twitter, at times, the general off-season consensus is that this team got much worse. The confidence index ranged from slight optimism to sky-is-falling pessimism. 

The results of the confidence index poll were about what one might expect. In total, about 59% of those polled voted that the Avs will likely see a dip from last season’s performance, while the other 41% said they’re at least on par, if not better, than last season’s Avalanche squad. Here’s what some had to say about all of that, in what is the second installment of the Avs Fan Confidence Index…