MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals, points and his second in assists and is NHL.com's favorite at the quarter-mark of the season to win the Hart Trophy as the League's most valuable player to his team, earning 14 out of a possible 16 first-place votes and finishing with 70 voting points, 30 more than anyone else.

Construction delays and measurement concerns continue to cast uncertainty over the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic hockey venue.

When examined closely, Martin Nečas and Nathan MacKinnon reveal a strikingly similar blueprint—parallel in skill, mindset, and the nuanced growing pains that have shaped their paths to NHL prominence.