Morning Coffee: Avalanche On Pace To Go Wire-To-Wire As Stanley Cup Favourite

The Colorado Avalanche are the best team in hockey.

If you don’t believe me, ask Darryl Sutter what he thinks about it.

The Avalanche scored four goals in the first 10:56 and cruised to a 9-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

Colorado, which has won seven straight games, pulled two points up on the Florida Panthers for the best record in hockey with nine games remaining on their schedule.

The Avalanche have cornered the team futures market from a betting perspective heading into the final stretch.

Interestingly enough, depending on how the Western Conference Wild Card race plays out, they could end up facing another team on Sutter’s radar in the first round of the playoffs.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Thursday April 14th, 2022.

Avalanche On Pace To Go Wire-To-Wire As Stanley Cup Favourite

Nathan MacKinnon delivered a five-point performance in Colorado’s win over the Kings.

Most 5+ point games by a player over the last 5 NHL seasons: 6- Connor McDavid 5- Jonathan Huberdeau 4- Nathan MacKinnon (Posting 3 goals and 2 assists in a 9-3 @Avalanche demolition of the Kings Wednesday night) 4- Mathew Barzal 4- Leon Draisaitl 3- Patrick Kane 3- Brad Marchand pic.twitter.com/panGbnS4yX

MacKinnon is up to seven goals and 12 points in his last five games, including four multi-point performances.

Cale Makar was in on four Avalanche goals, as he finished with a goal and three assists. 

Cale Makar you are ELECTRIC.#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/45MhKvw56e

Makar is up to 26 goals on the season.

He’s once again pulled slightly ahead of Roman Josi to win the Norris Trophy.

Looking at the odds on FanDuel Sportsbook this morning, Makar is -120 to win the Norris, while Josi is the second choice at +110.

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