Weekly Cupcakes: Holidays are upon us.

Before I link the Weekly Cupcakes, I wish to wish you all a very wonderful holiday season.
Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche 2019 Draft review. [The Hockey Writers]

What is driving Andre Burakovsky’s breakout season? [Russian Machine Never Breaks]

Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nichushkin proving his worth. [Last Word on Hockey]

Nathan MacKinnon named All-Star Game captain. [9 News]

The Rest of Hockey

Nathan MacKinnon has been named an All-Star captain, Alex Ovechkin named another All-Star Game captain but remains noncommittal about playing. [The Washington Post]

The knives were out for Mike Babcock long before the Leafs cut ties. [Toronto Star]

Players to watch at world junior tournament. [Toronto Sun]

Wysh List: 10 questions about the NHL’s next decade. [ESPN]

’This is for real’: How NHL journeyman Akim Aliu sparked a reckoning in hockey. [Chicago Tribune]