CALGARY, Alberta — Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon is right up there with Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby and the world’s best hockey player, Calgary defenseman and team captain Mark Giordano said late Friday night after Colorado eliminated the top-seeded Flames in five games with a 5-1 victory at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
“For anyone who doesn’t think MacKinnon is one of the best, if not the best, they might want to look at this series,” Giordano told Calgary Herald reporter Wes Gilbertson after Game 5, in which MacKinnon had three assists. “Because he can really turn it up to another level and really took control.