from Micke Chambers of the Denver Post,

Martin Brodeur, in his first start against the Patrick Roy-coached Avalanche, coasted Monday night to a 16-save, 3-0 shutout over Colorado and under-siege goalie Semyon Varlamov.

Afterward, Roy indirectly criticized Brodeur, his former on-ice rival, on being named the No. 1 star at the Scottrade Center. But Roy directly criticized his high-priced forwards — presumably Matt Duchene, Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan O'Reilly, Daniel Briere, Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla — who are collectively not getting it done offensively.

"A shutout is a shutout, and you have to make some saves," Roy said of Brodeur, who surpassed him in all-time NHL wins. "But maybe it was one of his easiest ones."

Landeskog and Briere have zero goals in their last 10 games. Duchene and MacKinnon have one in that span, O'Reilly two and Tanguay and Iginla three apiece.

"When you're looking at guys with zero goals in 10 games or one or two goals in 10 games, it's clear that we need to do things differently," Roy said, adding that he has tried to simplify the offense by focusing on putting shots on net.

Roy suspects the Avalanche generated only five scoring chances. The Blues had 17 after two periods, plus two third-period breakaways and a goal by Vladimir Tarasenko.

"Right now too many of our forwards are in a slump," Roy said. "If you look at our last 10 games, there's too many of them with one goal in 10 games or zero goals. It's not enough offensively. We need more from our top guys."

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