NHL teams, take note: Alexandar Georgiev is proof that anything can happen in the playoffs

NHL teams, take note: Alexandar Georgiev is proof that anything can happen in the playoffs

It’s hard to say when, exactly, Alexandar Georgiev truly began to win some hearts and change some minds on Tuesday night. Maybe it was in the back half of the second period; that was when the Colorado Avalanche, for the first time in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets, actually managed to hold a lead for more than, oh, two minutes or thereabouts. Maybe it was when the Avs walked into the locker room up 4-2 …