These were looking like the Colorado Avalanche’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
Nathan MacKinnon was that one true megastar left. Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog were being their bad selves. Nazem Kadri wasn’t cross checking folks in the face, and was instead tormenting his former franchise by displaying the postseason form that everyone knew he always possessed. Cale Makar was dancing. Philip Grubauer was a rock.
It seemed they’d issued a warning to the rest of the league when they closed out the ultimately non-competitive Arizona Coyotes in the opening round of the playoffs with consecutive 7-1 thrashings.
These Avs meant business in the bubble.