When you have one of the best players in the world, competing for titles becomes part of the expectations. Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche do have one Stanley Cup victory in their time together, but they have fallen short each of the past three seasons . There has been one major need in each of the past three campaigns, and GM Chris MacFarland has secured fixing that this NHL offseason.

MacKinnon is the top-line center for the Avs. He has consistently been an amazing player. In the last eight seasons, he has lit the lamp 30 or more times in seven of them. Further, he has amassed 90 or more points in six of them. While he has the top line locked down, the second line has been a struggle at the center position ever since Gabriel Landeskog went down with a long-term ailment t

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