After a Game 2 where they were convincingly outplayed in a building in which they have lost nine regular season games the last two years, the elephant in the room was so unsubtle that calling it an elephant didn’t do its largesse justice. After ceding home ice advantage (temporarily) to the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon spoke openly about his immensely talented team’s baggage with the second round ever since Cale Makar came to town.
Nathan MacKinnon: "We were really bad tonight."
"Years past, we might dwell on it and get down on ourselves and each other.