All Hail Cale: Colorado Avalanche D-man draws massive praise from experts

Colorado Avalanche blue liner Cale Makar could be the best defenseman in NHL history. | Claus Andersen/GettyImagesColorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar drew massive praise from the experts at the NHL Network.

NHL Network’s countdown of the NHL’s best defensemen ended with Cale Makar topping the list. The panel, consisting of Thomas Hickey and EJ Hradek, sang Makar’s praises, proclaiming him as potentially the best defenseman ever in the NHL.

Here’s what Hradek had to say about Makar:

“I never thought I would say, as someone who grew up as a young boy, hearing about Bobby Orr, and we know how wonderful and great Bobby Orr was, and watching Nicklas Lidström over many years, and…