from Terry Frei and Mike Chambers of the Denver Post,

A week after Patrick Roy’s surprise resignation as coach, the Avalanche is tightening its focus on a pool of candidates that includes Lake Erie Monsters head coach Jared Bednar.

Other coaches the Avs appear to have interest in looking at, but aren’t necessarily limited to, include Washington Capitals assistant Lane Lambert, New York Rangers associate head coach Scott Arniel and American Hockey League coach Travis Green of the Utica Comets.

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