The Colorado Avalanche have heroes aplenty. We have superstar Nathan “MVP” MacKinnon, our Viking captain Gabriel Landeskog, and Mikko Rantanen (I said Mikko Rantanen). Our captain of the blueline Erik Johnson, rover Tyson Barrie…
However, sometimes in the playoffs you also have unsung heroes. These are the players who don’t put up big numbers. Maybe they don’t even show up well on the analytics sheets. But they play with so much heart and character that they provide that little bit of difference in important games.
In Round 1, we saw Matthew Nieto become a character player for Colorado.