Cale Makar: 2nd Season Prophecies

[MaKarter]

I have read through all of the main boards Cale Makar prospect threads. Makar is unbelievable and so entertaining to follow.

Makar has proven at each step in his development, he answers any doubts and then exceeds expectations.

I believe he will continue his development path and make ANOTHER jump next year. I am thinking he will be even more offensive and aggressive. Just like year 1 in NCAA, Cale focused on defense and still produced highlights in year 1 of NHL. I hope year 2 of NHL resembles year 2 of NCAA.

What are your expectations for Makar's 2nd season?

Edit: I also just wanted a place to talk Cale Makar that wasn't a Prospect or Injury Thread.

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[tigervixxxen]

It is crazy to think he can get even more productive but I agree with you that there’s some clear areas where Makar can take another step.

He was trying to play it safe a lot, especially when Graves pinched. The PP could definitely improve leading to more points there. Also Makar could get up his shot volume which he was a high volume shooter in college so there’s room for more impact there too. He even said working on staying healthy and stamina should help him going into next year too.

I really don’t want to put a number on it but he could eclipse ppg especially if the coaching staff thinks of more creative ways to use him, he’s a defenseman first but he’s like an elite forward in the o zone, that requires some out of the box thinking and especially with the PP. using him as just a traditional point man there is such a waste.

 

[Bonzai12]

I expect him to make it through the whole season without injury

 

[LTC Pain]

- PPG is a stretch but I think he can do it. Especially with an improved PP and just generally being more assertive/dominant.
- Very general, but not at all shabby last season, but better defensively (Not sure how to quantify this?).
- Top five in Norris balloting.
- Stay healthy all season and playoffs.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

If healthy these are my expectations. It’s a lot, but based on his first season still relatively conservative.

65-70 points
North of 23 minutes a night
A regular PK’er by season’s end
Top 7 in Norris voting

 

[Balthazar]

People should expect a SLOW progression from now on. I think it's going to take 2-3 years before he becomes noticeably better than he was last year.

Let's not forget that next season is going to be his sophomore year and many players struggle with that.

 

[Avs_19]

Norris finalist.

People should expect a SLOW progression from now on. I think it's going to take 2-3 years before he becomes noticeably better than he was last year.

Let's not forget that next season is going to be his sophomore year and many players struggle with that.

Technically that's correct but it's not your normal sophomore season. He's 22 years old with two playoff runs under his belt. That's one thing I'm not worried about at all.

 

[El Travo]

100 points in however many games there will be and he wins every award including the Vezina and Selke.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

In terms of production, I think he’ll get around 70 points. Just being a defenceman there will be a few stretches of back-to-back games where he goes without points, but he’s too talented to not put up numbers.

As for his utilization and minutes, I think that will be dependent upon how the Avs deploy their defence pairings. After adding Toews Colorado has one of the deepest 1 through 6 group of defenceman in the NHL. If the Avs put Graves with Makar the ‘bottom pair’ is going to get a lot of minutes and that in turn will probably lead to Makar having similar minutes to this season.

Graves - Makar
Girard - Johnson
Toews - Cole

If that’s your defence the 3rd pair is going to see a good amount of minutes.

If it looks something like this:

Toews - Makar
Girard - Johnson
Graves - Cole

Then I think we’ll see the top-4 get more minutes. It really depends on how Bednar wants to balance his defence pairs.

Either way I think Makar will continue to prove he’s a top-10 defenceman in the league. He’s the most dynamic defenceman in franchise history.

 

[BrickNHL]

Best defenseman in the league and I truly believe that.

Only competition will be Miro

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Best defenseman in the league and I truly believe that.

Only competition will be Miro

 

[BrickNHL]

That oldhead's time is up

 

[sethro109]

I expect him to make it through the whole season without injury

With his size and the way he plays, that's probably not possible.

 

[Avsboy]

60 points
Great defensively

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Makar was a beast in the playoffs and I expect that is more or less what we will see from him going forward.

Let see how the Avs distribute the ice time next season because Makar is clearly capable of playing 25+ min every single night.

 

[Balthazar]

Makar was a beast in the playoffs and I expect that is more or less what we will see from him going forward.

Let see how the Avs distribute the ice time next season because Makar is clearly capable of playing 25+ min every single night.

In the end he got overplayed and ran out of gas in the playoffs.

People should start tempering their expectations.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

In the end he got overplayed and ran out of gas in the playoffs.

People should start tempering their expectations.

How did he run out of gas? He was going strong late in that Dallas series.

I doubt Makar will be playing 25+ with this current D core anyway. They are too deep.

 

[Balthazar]

How did he run out of gas? He was going strong late in that Dallas series..

Holy shit people have short memory.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Holy shit people have short memory.

I honestly don’t recall him playing poorly in that Dallas series.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

He will only score 10 points, but becomes the greatest shutdown defensemen the league has ever seen.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

In the end he got overplayed and ran out of gas in the playoffs.

People should start tempering their expectations.

Come again? Makar got better with every game he played in those playoffs. The second half of the Dallas series is the best hockey I’ve seen Makar play in his young career.

 

[tucker3434]

I think he’ll have a bit of a sophomore slump. That just seems to happen when a guy gets a ton of hype. It won’t be anything that affects him long-term, but I’m sure opposing fans will think so and excitedly tell us how overrated he was.

 

[LTC Pain]

I wonder much better Makar could be having Toews as a partner, vice Graves?

 

[Ceremony]

Hart, minimum.

 

[Freaky Styley]

The sky is the limit really if he can stay healthy. Wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see him with the Norris and hover around PPG. He's got the ability.