Three things jump out: Don’t let MacKinnon build speed up, make the neutral zone difficult to navigate and keep him from shooting.
That’s all easier said than done, of course.
”Every time MacKinnon touched the puck,” Logan Couture said of the Hart candidate’s first-round performance against the Calgary Flames, “I thought he was going to score.”
MacKinnon is one of the fastest, most powerful skaters in the world. If possible, it’s imperative to stop him from getting going.
Dillon agreed, “That’s the biggest thing.”
”Your F3 has to make contact with him,” a former head coach offered.