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Exclusive: Catching up with Crosby and MacKinnon
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NHL playoffs 2019: Predictions, odds for Flames vs. Avalanche first-round series
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NHL preview: Team-by-team analysis, predictions
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Wheeler: Updated ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft's top 100 prospects - The Athletic
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The Top NHL Rookie Cards From the 2021-22 Season // ONE37pm
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Frisbee, figure skating and dancing to 'Electric Feel': The early years of Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon - The Athletic
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Bedard changing the game for NHL stars like Matthews
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2022 Stanley Cup Final - How Nathan MacKinnon can pull out of a scoring drought - ESPN
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Watch the Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon race Olympic speedskater Charles Hamelin
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Nathan MacKinnon Turns on the Jets, Beats the Oilers Down Ice for Game-Tying Goal
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Morning Flurries: MacKinnon “pretty close” on contract extension - Mile High Hockey
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Avalanche Journal: My NHL Awards ballot and grades of Colorado trades, draft picks
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2022-23 Griffiti - Issue #4 by Grand Rapids Griffins - Issuu
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Nathan MacKinnon, Gabe Landeskog believe Avalanche's Stanley Cup chances better than ever