DENVER — Seven years can take a toll on a relationship, but the spark is still there between Nathan MacKinnon and Jared Bednar.
“If he was painful or annoying, who knows?” MacKinnon said Tuesday morning. “But it’s easy. He actually will talk with you about other things besides the neutral zone forecheck.”
MacKinnon reached a milestone Tuesday to help Bednar reach his. The prolific Avalanche center’s 700th career point gave Colorado the first goal in Bednar’s 500th game as an NHL coach, which also turned out to be the night he passed Michel Bergeron as the franchise’s winningest coach. No. 266 was a 3-2 barn burner over the Capitals at Ball Arena.
