Last year, the Colorado Avalanche made history as one of the most dominant Stanley Cup champions to ever take the ice. This year’s Avs are threatening to make history, too — but not the good kind. Since 1971, only three defending Cup champs have failed to follow their title run with a return trip to […]
In a sport as chaotic as hockey, it can be hard for favorites to deliver in the playoffs. There’s a reason that we frequently see great teams from the regular season flame out early in the postseason, while the whole tournament often feels like little more than a battle of streaky goaltending. This year was […]
The most electric debate in the modern NHL is around defense. Blame that on Colorado’s Cale Makar. In an era of high-scoring forwards like Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews, Makar has made offensive waves from the blueline. The 23-year-old out of UMass has scored goals at a pace rarely seen for defenders in this era […]
Few hockey players fit the superstar archetype as well as Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon. Over the past five seasons, MacKinnon trails only the Edmonton Oilers’ dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in scoring, and no one has him beat in total MVP votes. When healthy this season, MacKinnon has kept producing at […]