MacKinnon Keeps Colorado in Western Final Drivers Seat

Colorado enters the Western Conference Final with the kind of horsepower that keeps opponents awake before the puck even drops. Nathan MacKinnon gives the Avalanche a top-end threat that can tilt a series fast, and the rest of the roster looks built to feed off that pace. Teams do not like facing a machine when the machine has elite talent, depth, and momentum all working together. That is why the conversation around this series starts with Colorado and mostly stays there.