Hockey's Baby-Faced Assassin: The Rise Of Cale Makar
The Lead
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🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday night, the Colorado Avalanche hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in 21 years, and just the third time in team history. And the unanimous winner of the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP was their superstar defenseman, Cale Makar. In fact, Makar was so dominant during the playoffs that The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky, compared him to the legendary Bobby Orr. Today, The Athletic's Peter Baugh joins us to discuss how Makar went from a 125-pound, baby-faced kid who was often mistaken for someone's little brother to arguably the top defenseman in a generation -- all at age 23. Plus, with Makar’s Colorado Avalanche now Stanley Cup champions, are they poised to become a dynasty?
Read Peter Baugh's full story about Cale Makar's rise:
https://theathletic.com/3374456/2022/06/21/cale-makar-avalanche-brooks-bandits/
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| 0:32.6 | I would say probably the closest player we've ever seen that offensively and defensively |
| 0:44.4 | can make an impact of the game that much, probably Bobby Orr. |
| 0:47.8 | We've got to go on. |
| 0:48.8 | That's the great one himself. |
| 0:52.9 | Wayne Greskey talking about newly minted Stanley Cup champion, Kale McCart. |
| 0:57.6 | In just his third season in the NHL, McCart has now emerged as one of the league's very |
| 1:01.6 | best players, and he's already won just about everything a defenseman can win. |
| 1:05.8 | Congratulations to the 2022 conspite 12-feet winner Colorado Lash Defenseman, Kale McCart. |
| 1:15.9 | Today the athletics Peter Baugh explains how McCart went from a 125 pound baby-faced kid |
| 1:22.6 | that was often mistaken for someone's little brother to arguably the top defenseman in |
| 1:27.2 | a generation. |
| 1:28.6 | And with McCart's Colorado avalanche now Stanley Cup champions, are they poised to become |
| 1:33.5 | a dynasty from Wondery and Motherskeltto? |
| 1:36.3 | It's Wednesday, June 29th, and this is the lead. |
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