Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon is the star of the team. We know that. He knows that. It’s just sometimes, like a couple games recently (Winnipeg, Calgary) it didn’t exactly look like Nate was our star.
There were times in those two games he looked like he needed a little sit down on the bench. But you usually don’t get benched when you’re the star.
MacKinnon has been on the scene for so long — he’s in his sixth NHL season — that we may forget he’s just 23 years old. And a young 23 in that he turns his age right before the season starts, at the beginning of September.