“I was OK,” the Avalanche center said through tired eyes after scoring twice against Vancouver late Tuesday night. “Yeah, it’s been a grind. Montreal (last Saturday) was Hell. (Tuesday) was a little better. Just tired. Just tired.”
Even while battling an undisclosed malady, MacKinnon’s flying under the radar at about Mach 3 right now. As the Front Range obsesses over a 10-2 Broncos team and the Nuggets’ sudden indifference to defense, Nasty Nate is quietly painting his professional masterpiece across Ball Arena’s frozen canvas.
MacKinnon’s 46 points over his first 26 games are a career best so far.