Cale Makar requires no introduction. Frankly, he never has.
Before Colorado's superstar defenseman entered household-name territory in June by earning a Norris Trophy, Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe honors in the span of a week, he was just another kid without a driver's license whose pure talent happened to stop NHL veterans in their tracks.
It has ever since.
"When Cale was about 16, we were hosting a camp for our current pros, and some of our young prospects," Scott Bartlett, Makar's longtime agent, recalled. "Cale came out there in his [AJHL] Brooks Bandits helmet, and after the first skate, those [NHLers] were like, 'Who is this guy?