Colorado Avalanche: What Sending Tyson Jost to the AHL Means

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 19: Colorado Avalanche center Tyson Jost (17) is announced during a regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the visiting St. Louis Blues on October 19, 2017, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. (Photo by Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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DENVER, CO – DECEMBER 14: Tyson Jost /

The Colorado Avalanche have sent top-10 draft pick Tyson Jost to the AHL, which might have unforeseen consequences for the team.

Colorado Avalanche top-10 draft pick Tyson Jost is a bust at 20 years old, right? Look at some of the comments Avs fans make about Jost, and that seems to be the consensus. That and the fact that he’s personally responsible for the team’s recent skid.

That’s a lot to lay on a kid just seven months removed from being a teenager.

When I heard the news that Jost had been sent down to the AHL, this was my response:

In other words, I went straight past Patrick Roy‘s head explosion gif to guttural primal shriek. I was that angry.

I have since calmed down. Believe it or not, I can even see some of the positives in the move. However, I also think this demotion — and make no mistake, it’s a demotion — should have never become necessary.

In fact, I think it’s a desperate attempt to hide some failings that have nothing to do with Jost. And that is what we should be worried about here in the Avs fandom.

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