Nathan MacKinnon promises an Avalanche revenge tour

It was yet another second round exit for the Colorado Avalanche in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was also their third straight second round exit, and for a team of this caliber, they should be making it to at least the Western Conference Final.

"There's always next year," MacKinnon said following his team's exit from the 2021 playoffs. "It's all we talk about, I feel like. I mean, I'm going into my ninth year next year and haven't won [anything], so I'm just definitely motivated. Yeah, it just [stinks] losing four in a row to a team. It felt like last year was our first real chance to win, and this year I thought we were the best team in the League. For whatever reason, we just couldn't get it together. I'm sure in training camp next year we'll figure it out and dissect things and come back better."

Colorado's superstar says that his team is hungry to do better and ultimately win the Stanley Cup.

"We're still as good as we were last year, if not better," MacKinnon said. "We're hungry."

"You don't have to change a lot," MacKinnon added. "I think you just have to keep fine-tuning it when you're close, in my opinion. I mean, hopefully that's what it takes, because that's what I think. I think we have the pieces to win. Historically, if you look at teams that win, I think we're similar. We're a really good team. We just have to get it done."

The 26-year old MacKinnon has yet to make it past the second round in his eight year career. In his first season, Colorado lost in the first round, followed by three straight years of missing the playoffs entirely. In 2017-18 they lost in the first round, and as mentioned, they've now lost three straight years in the second round.

Colorado will open their 2021-22 season on Wednesday, October 13th when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks.

"We're still as good as we were last year, if not better. We're hungry." -- Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnonhttps://t.co/Wp2pKeOaQJ— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) October 6, 2021

Source: NHL.com

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