After a good start to the season, Colorado is again fading despite the scoring exploits of MacKinnon and talented teammates Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog. Teams like St. Louis and Chicago, once well behind the Avalanche, have either caught or passed Colorado, which now sits four points out of a playoff spot. MacKinnon, playing in Denver, doesn’t get nearly the airtime during the regular season, which makes the lack of playoff games and international competition that much more meaningful. Stan Kroenke, the Avalanche owner, and his son Josh, who runs the club, have expressed undying faith in Sakic. “We’d love to make the playoffs,” Sakic said recently.

Source: thestar February 11, 2019 23:24 UTC