Cale Makar enters top 30 all-time playoff points among dmen

[HFpapi]

With an assist last night he takes sole possession of 30th all-time in playoff points among dmen in just his 5th full season (6th playoff season which is of course what matters in this context).

His assist jumped him ahead of some impressive names like Rob Blake, Brent Burns, Gary Suter, and Alex Pietrangelo.

With at least one more playoff series guaranteed, it's quite conceivable he can jump up to 24th (needs 7 points to tie Dan Boyle). If the Avs go to the finals he has an outside shot at top 20 this year.

Might not be thread worthy but I think it's pretty insane how fast he's moving up the leaderboard.

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[Summer Rose]

Only 25 years old too so far. Well done to him! He's truly an elite talent.

 

[tfwnogf]

the list for those curious, Makar is 29th now. Pretty crazy.

edit: List is missing Red Kelly, who has 92 points but more games than Bobby Orr so he should be #18. Makar is #30.

 

[Despote]

He's a generational defenceman, hopefully he can stay healthy in the future.

 

[HFpapi]

the list for those curious, Makar is 29th now. Pretty crazy.
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Weird. NHL.com has him at 30th. Where is this from?

 

[Mickey Marner]

the list for those curious, Makar is 29th now. Pretty crazy.
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The idea that he could pass Letang this year is insane.

 

[HFpapi]

The idea that he could pass Letang this year is insane.

Passing Blake & Burns was crazy to me. Two offensive dmen who played for a long time (or still playing in Burns case) and both played on really good teams that routinely went deep in the playoffs.

 

[Three On Zero]

One of the best defenceman we get the pleasure of watching

 

[bobholly39]

holy shit I didn't expect that this soon. That's extremely impressive.....

He's also #2 all-time behind Bobby Orr for ppg.

Very impressive.

 

[Kranix]

Just got reminded Paul Reinhart was a defenceman

 

[tfwnogf]

Weird. NHL.com has him at 30th. Where is this from?

also nhl.com lol

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Getting into that top 5 or outside chance at maybe getting #1? Would be wild.

 

[HFpapi]

also nhl.com lol

Haha that's odd. Am I on some weird Dutch version of NHL.com?

 

[tfwnogf]

Haha that's odd. Am I on some weird Dutch version of NHL.com?

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weird! I got it from here

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Haha that's odd. Am I on some weird Dutch version of NHL.com?

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his is missing Red Kelly for some reason. Yours is right

 

[tucker3434]

He's 31st among all active players for playoff points, and 8th in p/g. (Casey Mittelstadt is 6th ) Not bad for a defenseman.

 

[Muffin]

He heard you all talking shit about his regular season but turns out he had a different gear in the playoffs.

 

[Super Hans]

He's two or three deep runs from overtaking Steven "Canadian George Washington" Stamkos in the overall skater category.

 

[Oak]

Cale the GOAT.

Only a point behind McDavid through round 1 so far.

 

[tarheelhockey]

That’s really insane when you think about it. Just off the top of my head, one guy not on that list is Phil Housley who had a 20 year, 1500 game, 1200 point career as a pure offensive defenseman in a high scoring era… Makar already has 30% more playoff points than him.

There’s nothing certain about his career playing out in such a way that he could pass Coffey, but even being in that conversation is really special.

 

[Hennessy]

his is missing Red Kelly for some reason. Yours is right

But they don't discriminate between Kelly's points as a defenseman or a center.

 

[Brownies]

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that. What ???

 

[not a troll]

 

[MrKabukiman]

Wow, impressive! I can see him getting to the top 5-10 if Colorado continues to have a competitive team as the years go on.

Crazy to see Ray Bourque on that list despite all the years the Bruins were mediocre in the 80s and 90s.

 

[Nicko999]

Guy is such a beast. Generational D-man.

He could end his career at the top of the list. Only question mark I have is his durability.