SALVAS: Nathan MacKinnon's Season for the Ages

Can Nate Dogg break Peter Statsny's single-season QUE/COL record for points?

There is no doubt that amongst Avalanche fans that The Dogg is the alpha.

Ok, there’s eight games left in the regular season and a few things have already been decided. 

We know that the Avalanche are in the playoffs. For sure.

We think it’s pretty safe to assume the Avalanche will be in the top-3 in the Central Division with an 80% likelihood that they finish in either first or second.

We know that Nathan MacKinnon is having the best single season by an Avalanche player since the franchise relocated to Denver.

But is it possible that Mack is en route to the best season by a player in the franchise’s entire lifespan, including its time in Quebec City?

With 127 points (47-87-127) this year, Joe Sakic’s 1995-96 record season of 120 points (51-69-120) has already fallen by the wayside. Could the 139 points (46-93-139) of Peter Stastny from the Nordiques' 1981-82 season be the next record to fall?

For a long time, the Sakic number from that first year in Denver seemed untouchable. I mean, Peter Forsberg won the Hart and Art Ross in 2003 thanks to a season in which he scored 106 points (29-77-106). Two years before that, Sakic was named the league’s MVP thanks to a 118-point campaign (54-64-118), missing out on the Art Ross as the league’s top scorer to Jaromir Jagr by just two points.