Inside the NHL’s Power Brokers: Who Truly Runs the League’s Most Dominant Franchises?
No Cup champion from the past six years ranks lower than the Avalanche, but their recent on-the-fly retool earned them plenty of credit. The supporting cast around Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar now includes Martin Necas and Brock Nelson. Both were added midseason, with Necas as the primary return in the Mikko Rantanen deal.
“A lot of changes from the beginning of last year,” a Western Conference assistant GM said. “Lots of moves, and (they’re) built better now. Not easy to do in a year.”
Other panelists conveyed the same sentiment: that this remains a roster capable of Cup contention, and that the front office managed to fill holes under challenging circumstances.
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