No issues with it. Coaches should be able to take some emotion from frustrated players. A good coach will let them vent and then have a chat after they've cooled off. I like how Landeskog handled it

Back here after 2 years. Man sportsnet sure did a good job blowing this out of proportion.

I can't imagine how frustrating it may be to be the top point-getting line in the league, and still be losing games. I'd imagine there's other fuel to this fire, but hopefully whatever Mackinnon was fired up about is resolved in the locker room. The Avalanche definitely need to shake something up, as they are sinking. Perhaps biased, being an avs fan, but I like to see emotion like that. There's passion here, and an obvious desire and expectation to succeed.

I just love how he got so mad he fell off the bench 😂

Nothing wrong here. Coaches and players get heated more often then people think. But this just got caught on camera. MacKinnon is the face of the Av's, and their best player. He's going no where. If anything, Sakic had a meeting with them both, get on the same page and save the season.

3 years later and Bednar is doing his job and this team has come together and lighting the nhl on fire 🔥

Wish I could get paid millions and yell at my boss. lol

15 years and never anything like that??? Come on now, that stuff happens all the time.

I mean he is pretty much the avalanche so what he says goes honestly.

0:54 avs season at this point.

Patrick Roy quit on this team 2.5 seasons ago because he was frustrated with the lack of depth. Nate MacKinnon is basically expected to carry this team into the post season in a league where the good teams are 4 lines deep. He deserves to vent.

Good for you Nathan. You just gained me as a fan. And I'm a wings fan. Good job for calling him out on showing that obviously needed to be said the way it was said and where it was said and how if was said. I bet the coach will think twice from now on

3 years later and MacKinnon and Bednar are on the cusp of winning the Stanley Cup.

Instead of talking about what some other people talked about, why not show the plays that MacKinnon was complaining about..?...

Came back here after Avalanche win the 2022 Stanley Cup.🏆 Atleast Nathan will not do this anymore to Coach Bednar.🤣

“And then fall off the bench” 😂😂

This is BS, There may have been a better time but if the issue needed to be addressed right then and there then he was perfectly correct to say something. In any work situation if you get put on the spot you need to say something.

Landeskog pushing MacKinnon from the bench....then helped him up...LOL. That´s how a captain steps in and says..."enough". Ok, it was probobly not a hard push...but still it got the job done :-) You see the same "tap" Cesar Milan does on his dog show with aggressive dogs...tap and redirect the attention :-) Anyways this is blewn out of proportion. These kind of things happen in all teams.

yeah man piss off your best player. Bednar is one of the worst coaches in the league. Literally has zero idea how to manage his team in crucial situations.

Nate was "falling off the bench irate"

Looks like he said towards the end, "oh I have to do my job?" (Cant tell what's next) then, "I'm not the one who has to do my job"

Tyson Jost is just chilling there amongst that LMAO

The water bottle slamming was a bit childish lol

When you’re losing the pressure gets ramped up. That’s when the cracks start to show.

My only complaint is that these videos aren’t longer

Joel Quenville to Colorado confirmed.

Coach Q to Colorado, please.

if was anyone else than Nathan, he's be gone.

This literally happens all the time why are you blowing this up

If you’ve played hockey before, you know what is going on. This is common occurrence when games get heated and coaches are doing some bullshit.

could you imagine if that was torts? or playfair? lmao. it would have a 1 bench brawl.

never seen big mack do that but i feel him sometimes

I like it as a former player it’s tough to take the coaches constant criticism, sometimes the coach just needs to let the boys play

Nathan Mckinnon’s a top 3 talent in the world. Cut him a little slack.

I'd be frustrated too if I were arguably the third best player in the league and had a 20-24 record to show for it. These guys have one line backpacking and eventually something's gotta give. Nate Mac didn't have to stand for it, so he sat, then he sat even lower.

Rod Brind'Amour and ( I think ) Iron Mike got into it on the bench - right at the end of the game

mackinnon is a hockey god. i would listen to mackinnon. he is special. he knows

It kind of looked like he was being pissed about being told to do his job . like he was asking "oh really do your job?...for f@cks sake im doing my job what a joke!" lol i have seen these arguments lots lol

"Just do your job" 😂

"The knock on Nathan is there's just a little bit of immaturity still there in terms of sometimes being a little bit over-animated with his thoughts and ideas". -- Says WHO?? I've been a hardcore Colorado Avalanche fan since before MacKinnon's first game and I've NEVER heard that assessment of him, let alone there being a "knock". I HATE when media talking heads just spew nonsense, pretending to know what they're talking about. I'd like to hold that guy's feet to the fire and ask him to furnish any evidence for what he just claimed. Nathan is actually soft-spoken and understated, but with the heart of a competitor. I'm not saying that the open confrontation with Bednar was ideal, but to take it and say what was said about his character gets my blood up.

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson in baseball THAT was bad lol ....

Mackie is just young and frustrated. Avs isn't doing too well lately and that is a understandable reaction to it. Sakic will probably have a talk with both him and Bednar and they will sort things out.

Nathan is right. When someone comes off the ice, noone wants anyone to get on their case. Go go over film later etc. I think the morning skate is to much, people get burnt out. Practise at the hotel.

I get it. Colorado is so close to breaking out. They have the potential but the coaching is horrible. (Goal tending def needs a tweak). But they are so close. I get the frustration.

I hate how stuff like this is a huge deal all the time. Who cares let bednar and MacKinnon solve it after. It’s fine lol frustration for players and coaches is normal and it can get heated fast with competitive guys. They both have there things to say and that’s that. Seeing more of this would be nice sometimes, at least you can tell they are both motivated and passionate for winning. Stuff like this makes headlines all the time and I don’t get it. Lol imo

Wow...seeing Bobrovsky..now Mackinnon reacting like this, after some tough...really bad stretches, makes me think ...maybe things aren’t all that bad in Edmonton after all! 🤭🤦‍♂️👌

I get it, it's not ok tho

Coach told him to do his job. Mackinnon got more angry and fell back on bench. In case anyone couldnt deduce that from lipreading..

varlamov has been playing way over his head since last season. the serious depth issues on this team are showing now.

Mackinnon is the boss here.

I think it's great. Coaches don't get called out often enough and MacKinnon makes more than Bednar.

good for him, you gotta let it out man.

Hes got a GOD DAMN PLAN

I like reading these comments now that season is over and they managed to pull themselves back to form and even beat the top seeded flames, who they were playing when this exchange happened. Now everybody's all, "oh Mackinnon is amazing, Bednar is a great coach, and this team is going places." People's opinions change so fast.

for god's sake, please send kypper and doug maclean to the glue factory. it's just cruel at this point

Looking back, looks like Nate , unlike Kip, knew what he was doing.

Well obviously Nathan MacKinnon is frustrated with what ever happened but that's what happens really.

The convo about "don't look when you're yelling at your coach" sounds very much like the idea in baseball, that if you're going to argue with the umpires, particularly about balls and strikes, you look at your feet, do your normal routine, whatever, but just don't look at the ump, and you're find. But the second you look at the ump during your rant, and the ump's gonna ring you up. I guess Nathan never learned that particular lesson...until now, of course.

I like kypper, but he's honestly such a knuckle head that it actually hurts to listen to him

I don’t blame him they’re were on a losing streak people get heated from time to time and coach didn’t fire back cause he understands the frustration

hell , the players need to do their job !!! play better defense .. score more when needed to .. i don't see the players doing neither .. that's why they're losing all these games .. DO YOUR GOD DAMN JOB !!!

This stuff happens, move on!!🏒🥅

I think nathan just wants to win so badly, but honestly he shouldnt say it at that moment, it just creates more frustration for the team

nothing new on that situation, normal reaction, i would wanna see when connor mcdavid get chiarelli to his hostage, to make chiarelli trade him to somewhere else :D

Nick kypreous should shutup he was never a good hockey player and what does he know? He’s in the penalty box or kicked out in the first 5 mins of the game...

You can yell at your coach. Privately.

Hiking boots with red socks, bottom left at 1:14.

Mackinnon should be pissed. Putrid defense, goaltenders are garbage and have been a dumpster fire all year and hardly any secondary help on offense. I respect Bednar but he has to get better play out of the rest of the team

Idc what anyone says.... there’s no problem with what happened here

Not Bednar's Job to stop the puck lol. Not his fault

This where it starts. Next thing ya know he wants to be traded Ryan Johansen

lol

Plot twist now that the world juniors and nylander situation is over mackinnon got paid to do that so sportscenter had something to talk about

either mackinnon goes or the coach. i would bet coach gone at end of year

He is very competitive, young and cant handle setbacks. Landeskog should yelled him off to knock shit out n lets play

Well it all worked out ig

lol no problem with him calling out the coach. One of the best players in the league can do whatever he want

RICKY

these sportsnet guys are so soft, melt faster than a bowl of butter in the microwave

He didn’t fall landy pushed him

Avs only have 1 good line, the rest of the league has caught on and figured out how to suppress that line. Not much else doing on the Avs... They gonna lose. Coach does indeed need to do something to get the other lines firing.

Meh, hockey needs this a bit more. At least it's not baseball...

Why are these guys so boring to listen to? I literally fell asleep

The coach should have everyone start the next game falling off the bench as a joke

Coaches and their egos do more damage than help 90% of the time. If they just set the lines and stfu their teams would do better I have no doubt. They have to influence though or they don't get credit for the wins. Its the easiest job possible but they make it hard. Just change the lines and be quiet.

You got an "A" on your Jersey Nate.....smarten up

Habs love to have ya Nate! ;o)

4 goals on 15 shots, 5 if you include the empty net, Go Flames Go! Haha

He has no Hart

Who cares! Go Leafs!!

Is it wrong to yell at anyone for any reason? the right answer is No. tge only person allowed to yell at us is a parent to their child. If an adult person yells at anyone else in any setting, its time for combat.

Nathan needs to show some maturity. Slamming the water bottle down, all of it. The coach is the higher authority here. I don't care who gets paid more. The team will fall apart even more if the players don't submit to the coach and buy into his plan.

Sportsnet is such trash. Just a glorified sewing circle.

Dude is a cry baby

Looks like trade coming ...

Dont worry. They will trade him and the penguins will pick him up. And go off to win another cup

Trade him to Edmonton

Some sports teams would've ousted MacKinnon from their team immediately, as they value management more than players.

The coach is your boss. Deal with it privately.

Boo. whoooo. Nathan .....grow up