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Colorado Avalanche: 5 Stunning Goals from Nathan MacKinnon 2017-2018

ByNadia Archuleta|
DENVER, CO - MARCH 02: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on March 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 7-1. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 02: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on March 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 7-1. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)
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MacKinnon’s Stickhandling School

Here we see many of Nathan MacKinnon’s elite skills in play:

It starts with his agility, as he dances past one-two-three Florida Panthers players. But they keep cycling around him, almost like a net closing in on him. He continues to weave around their sticks and bodies. The play ends with MacKinnon going one-on-one with the goalie and beating him with his classic wrist shot.

But in the middle of all that dancing was the beauty of MacKinnon’s stickwork. You have to have a special awareness to know where to manipulate the puck with all those defenders around you. And you have to have soft hands to maneuver the puck the way you want past all those sticks and skates.

What a beauty of a goal by our star.

So, 39 goals is a lot. I hope I have a bigger problem next summer. I hope Nathan MacKinnon has scored 40+ goals in the regular season and led the Colorado Avalanche farther into the playoffs. Having to watch more MacK Daddy Specials — what a beautiful quandary to have.

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