“It’s tough to hear the boos coming off the ice, but the fans have every right to do that.” Gabriel Landeskog

The Colorado Avalanche blew a two-goal lead to lose 5-2. Yes, that’s the sad truth. They only made 22 shots on goal, while allowing the Vancouver Canucks to pepper goalie Semyon Varlamov with 37. Guilty. Varlamov let in a couple soft goals. Check.

That’s when the Avs Nation lost its cool and booed the team in the Pepsi Center. They, Avalanche fans, actually booed their own team in the home arena. That is not ok.

I’m not going to lie — I got pretty frustrated after the Canucks went up 3-2 after being down 2-0 for almost two-thirds of the game. I said some choice words to the computer. When the Canucks scored again, I went and folded clothes.

I admit that I even said some mean things on Twitter.However, none of the Avalanche players follow me, so it’s not like they’re going to know. (Yes, that’s essentially talking behind their back, but that’s ok when it’s public figures.) Plus, I regretted it pretty much right away.

However, fans in the Pepsi Center actually booed for the last 30 seconds of the game and as the Avalanche players skated off the ice. They booed their own team right there to their faces.

Head coach Patrick Roy has said that the players want to be better. I believe that. You don’t get to the NHL level without having a strong drive to win. I really think the Avs are just struggling with mental toughness — they crumble when the going gets tough. They don’t mean to — they just choke.

As someone who’s been knocked off of her game and completely lost it at my own job (when I was a teacher), I can tell you it’s almost impossible to stop when it gains momentum, that choking. The harder you try, the worse it gets.

Therefore, it’s in bad form — akin to bullying really — to boo the team to their faces. That’s like taunting a crying child. We’re not talking Alexander Ovechkin here — we’re talking Nate MacKinnon, Avs Nation.

Plus — and this is huge — Colorado sports fans don’t do that. We don’t boo our own team. Colorado is a very athletic state with lots of people (not me, granted) playing sports. Coloradans know how hard it is to play and to win. We normally have more compassion for our revered sports stars.

“There’s only so much talking we can do. Fans deserve better.” Erik Johnson

However, to be fair, the grand sports tradition here in Colorado means we’re passionate about our teams . No question we were all hoping the Avs New Age would look a lot more like “Why Not Us” and less like the Sacco Years. Yet that’s not what we’ve got going on.

So, my takeaways from the Colorado Avalanche-Vancouver Canucks — yes, the Avs have problems. I don’t know how to fix them. None of us do, probably not even the players themselves. Maybe not even Roy at this point.

However, this is still our Colorado Avalanche team. These are still our boys in burgundy and blue.

So, Avs fans, no matter the score on the scoreboard, no matter the disappointment in our hearts, we don’t boo. We’re better than that.