Colorado 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 watching Scott Niedermayer, there's been a lot of great defensemen, but at the end of the day, he may end up being the best defenseman ever…”
Comparing Makar with Orr, Lidstrom, and Niedermayer is nothing to sneeze at.