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Last updated: April 15, 2026, 8:30 AM ET

Playoff Scramble & Player Legacy

With only a handful of games remaining, the league is focused on determining final seeding for the postseason brackets while simultaneously solidifying the 2024 draft lottery order, injecting high stakes into Wednesday’s slate. Concurrently, analysis is shifting toward the longer term, as a recent roundtable discussion among executives debated which teams might overperform or underdeliver in the 2026 playoffs, raising questions about current organizational trajectories. This intense end-of-season scrutiny also fuels debates over individual greatness, specifically whether 30-year-old Nathan MacKinnon has eclipsed Joe Sakic as the most significant player in Avalanche history given his current production levels.