from Sean Keeler of the Denver Post,

This town wants — desperately wants — to watch a winner. A winner that has its act together. And here you are, sitting on two of them, young rosters on the climb, dominating in darkness.

If the Stanley Cup Playoffs started Thursday, the Avalanche would’ve been the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. The Nuggets would’ve been the No. 2 seed in the NBA’s Western bracket.

Meanwhile, the Front Range Broadcasting Cold War — Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and Altitude Sports in one corner, Comcast and Dish Networks in the other — is on its fifth month now. And there’s no signs of any serious thaw....

The ones who should be watching Mikko Rantanen thread needles from their living rooms. The ones who chat up their pals at school the next morning about some moves on Fortnite instead of the ones just rocked by Michael Porter Jr. The ones who have to skirt the law to get their fix.

When Connor McDavid takes the ice in Edmonton, the locals chant “M-V-P! M-V-P!”

When Nathan MacKinnon takes the ice here, we chant “V-P-N! V-P-N!”

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