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It’s customary for visiting teams in the National Hockey League to heap praise on the home club. But rarely, if ever, do you hear a player outright suggest their opponent is superior, even when the standings confirm as much.
So there were a few raised eyebrows when Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon was asked to evaluate the Winnipeg Jets, and he offered up this little nugget:
“They’re so deep. They don’t have a weakness and that’s why they went to the conference finals last year. They’re one of the best teams in the league,” MacKinnon said.