This Is Nathan MacKinnon's Time To Shine
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Despite being a Hart Trophy finalist, a former first overall pick, and the best player on one of the top teams in the NHL, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon has remained a relatively unknown superstar. The Athletic's Ryan Clark joins us to talk about why that's the case, how MacKinnon has overcome challenges on his path to greatness, and why, with so many stars bowing out of the 2020 playoffs, this is his moment.
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| 0:31.0 | In NHL playoffs, superstar after superstar has been knocked out. |
| 0:36.4 | But still standing is the Colorado Avalanche's Nathan McKinnon. |
| 0:40.6 | Ask it back to its let-ahead McKinnon breaking his juice and scores, Nathan! |
| 0:47.8 | Back at it goes again. |
| 0:51.0 | Today, the Athletics Ryan Clark joins us to talk about why McKinnon has remained a relatively |
| 0:56.2 | unknown star and why that's about to change. |
| 0:59.9 | Nathan McKinnon's going to go from a guy where it was like, oh yeah, he's the guy that's |
| 1:03.5 | out west that he don't see enough to, oh dear God, I see too much of him and I hate it |
| 1:08.5 | because he's always doing this to my team. |
| 1:13.6 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:16.3 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:17.7 | It's Wednesday, August 19th and this is the lead. |
| 1:21.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:25.9 | There was just something about the emotion and that heart of the day. |
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