COLORADO AVALANCHE LAND A MASSIVE COMMITMENT IN A MONSTER SWAP WITH DALLAS STAR........

Monday night’s 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins in the shootout marked the halfway point in the season. It seems as though it has gone by quickly, with plenty of disparities and different looks for the team.

We’ve seen very different looks and wins for the team – even in the last 10 games – showing the disparity of the team. Throughout all the changes and differences in the team, one thing remains the same: the dominance of Nathan MacKinnon.

Particularly in December, he’s been on a tear, and changing the history books. His 29 points in 15 games in the final month of 2023 was a new franchise record between the Avalanche and Quebec Nordiques. He has been the stalwart leader of the team, no doubt.

⭐ Nathan MacKinnon, who found the score sheet in all but one outing, paced the NHL with 18 assists and 29 points and set a franchise record for points in a single calendar month, besting Peter Stastny in Feb. 1981 (12-16—28 in 12 GP w/ QUE).#NHLStats: https://t.co/fjH18wJX9g pic.twitter.com/3A8613MQCg

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 2, 2024
Besides him, Jonathan Drouin has come into his own after a slow start himself. He now has 21 points and is easily on track to get at least 40 points and maybe more if he keeps playing with a streaking MacKinnon centering him. At only $825K, he is one of the steals of the offseason so far with some already wanting him to be re-signed longer term.