Frei: It’s Nathan MacKinnon vs. Connor McDavid … and more

The scene was memorable — so memorable that Nathan MacKinnon has been asked about it approximately a million times since.

Last year, after the Vegas Golden Knights knocked off the Avalanche in the second round of the playoffs, a dour MacKinnon sat at the microphone and declared: “I’m going into my ninth year next year and haven’t won sh*t.”

He’s making progress.