Over the past three seasons, according to Natural Stat Trick, Cale Makar has averaged the second-most ice time per game among all NHL skaters with 25 minutes and 33 seconds per game. Devon Toews is thirteenth with an average of 24 minutes and 21 seconds per game. With this upcoming season including the added games for the Winter Olympics, it is going to be imperative that the Colorado Avalanche and head coach Jared Bednar not overextend their two star defensemen and have them worn out and/or injury-prone at the start of the playoffs. That is where Brent Burns can step in and step up to help shave some time off of their totals.
Stat Stories: How Bent Burns can make Makar and Toews even better
