Aarif Dean

No, like the, the, the Nathan McKinnon gateway and it's called Jared Bednar version of the Colorado avalanche.

They have to dominate October to June.

They did it in 2022.

They look to be, to, to, to want to do it again.

And, and,

Yesterday was such a big game, not that it would have automatically led to a series loss, but here's a fun fact for you that is just mind-boggling.

The Jared Bednar, Nathan McKinnon, Colorado Avalanche have never won a series that was tied 2-2.

So they have to roll.

They're either sweeping teams and they're up 3-0, or they're up 3-1.

So it just seems like they need to be what you're talking about, that 2022 version, what we saw against

Earlier this year, where they had two regulation losses in 40 games, they need to dominate start to finish, and it does look like they're well on their way to do that.

It's quite impressive.

he's ever been in contention for certainly not during his time with the new york islanders what what has happened in colorado so are you familiar with and you guys you guys had wishes gone earlier are you familiar with the monthly awards that uh that wish does on espn where he'll he'll send out an email to all the p uh professional hockey writers association people and just kind of like get a feel for what people are thinking for the awards every month yep

OK, so he did it a couple of times with me this year and I was I was digging into some numbers and I was trying my hardest, especially early in the season when the Avalanche were like thirty five and two or whatever.

Like I was trying really hard not to just like, oh, yeah, Hart McKinney, Norris scale doesn't do it like I was trying to not do the thing where, you know, Jack Adams.

And then I was looking at defensive numbers, and I think I literally was going to flip a coin and be like, okay, either Brock Nelson or Val Matushkin need to be up for the selfie because their defensive metrics are insane.

They were like 70% puck possession, 70% course, 70% this, 70% that, expected goals insanely low.

And then on top of that,

uh brock nelson started the season a little slow offensively five points in his first 16 games uh and then he just went like berserk there was the you know leading up to the olympics and then coming out of the olympics where uh something along the lines of 24 goals and 29 games like he was leading the league for like two and a half months in goal scoring and

And then you look at his defensive metrics, and it's like, okay, Nathan McKinnon's getting every offensive zone start.