Prospect Info: Cale Makar - D [4th Overall] Part II: #OrrIsTheFloor Edition

[Cousin Eddie]

 

[avsfan9]

STL board is voting Perron en masse.

Do your part, Avs fans.

Makar is doing something as a rookie that hasn’t been done since Nick Lidstrom. f*** David Perron and the St. Louis Blues! f*** them in their stupid asses

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

Gee I wonder who’s better for marketing the sport. An exciting 20 year old putting up once in a generation numbers or David f***ing Perron. The NHL will rig this if Makar doesnt get in outright.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I dunno, I have a feeling Cale could receive 0 votes and he'd still get in.


The fact the Blues already have 3 guys going(The usual number for the hosting team), and the fact the Central has 6 forwards but only 2 Dmen going so far....

It kind of just lends itself to Makar being the "last man in" and getting voted in when really it was just the NHLs plan all along.


But maybe that's just me being a cynic

 

[Balthazar]

Gee I wonder who’s better for marketing the sport. An exciting 20 year old putting up once in a generation numbers or David ****ing Perron. The NHL will rig this if Makar doesnt get in outright.

On the other hand, Perron is having an amazing season and STL is hosting the ASG. You could say that they already have 3 guys...but Tampa (who was the host) had 4 guys in 2018. I agree it should be Makar but it sure could be Perron.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

On the other hand, Perron is having an amazing season and STL is hosting the ASG. You could say that they already have 3 guys...but Tampa (who was the host) had 4 guys in 2018. I agree it should be Makar but it sure could be Perron.

"Amazing season"

The dude has 40 points, give me a break

 

[Balthazar]

"Amazing season"

The dude has 40 points, give me a break

Are you saying it's not an amazing season? That's top 20 in the NHL and more than a good chunk of the other guys there.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I dunno, I have a feeling Cale could receive 0 votes and he'd still get in.


The fact the Blues already have 3 guys going(The usual number for the hosting team), and the fact the Central has 6 forwards but only 2 Dmen going so far....

It kind of just lends itself to Makar being the "last man in" and getting voted in when really it was just the NHLs plan all along.


But maybe that's just me being a cynic

I think this too.
Perron will get in at some point to replace an injured guy and the St. Louis home crowd will be pleased. Makar will get the last man in vote to help the NHL from a marketing standpoint (plus he's actually deserving of it). Everybody wins.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Brad Marchand is by far the biggest omission.

 

[Balthazar]

Brad Marchand is by far the biggest omission.

When you have Tyler Bertuzzi instead of Brad Marchad you know it's not really an all-star game. Or, at the very least, not the best players.

 

[Freudian]

Used to be a PPG defender. It's all downhill from now on.

 

[Avs91]

Damn, Victor Olofsson out 5-6 weeks... you hate to see it go down that way, but that essentially means the Calder is a two man race between Cale and Quinn at this point, with Makar already with the upper hand.

 

[Tweaky]

Are you saying it's not an amazing season? That's top 20 in the NHL and more than a good chunk of the other guys there.

As amazing as being the 7th leading scorer among defensemen? As a rookie? And having a handful (or more) fewer games than most of the rest of the top 20 Dmen? Which puts him as 4th highest P/Gm for defensemen. Also, he is 3rd D in the West (and Central....Hughes is tops for the Pacific).

 

[Balthazar]

As amazing as being the 7th leading scorer among defensemen? As a rookie? And having a handful (or more) fewer games than most of the rest of the top 20 Dmen? Which puts him as 4th highest P/Gm for defensemen. Also, he is 3rd D in the West (and Central....Hughes is tops for the Pacific).

Are you high? I'm the one spamming the vote for Makar link, you don't need to sell it to me.

 

[Ararana]

I'm guessing Makar is going to get a ton of votes from fans of other teams, the hockey world all knows what he's doing and they're not going to vote Perron/Suter over him without loyalty ties.

Now Toews getting all that Chicago love, that's what I'm worried about. Chicago players usually dominate in NHL popularity voting. We'll see if them not being good anymore effect that.

 

[Iracundia]

I've voted for the same 4 ..... Marner, Teravainen, Makar, Q. Hughes

Wanna see some double digit 3 on 3 scores

 

[benzino]

I've voted for the same 4 ..... Marner, Teravainen, Makar, Q. Hughes

Wanna see some double digit 3 on 3 scores

You voted on the enemy

 

[CobraAcesS]

You voted on the enemy

If Makar gets no rest then Q shouldn't either. 4D chess man.

 

[Tweaky]

Barkov, Teravainen, Makar, and Keller. I wont argue Marner, or Hughes/MaxPac, though. Few others that I could see as well....but plenty of NFW choices too.

 

[McMetal]

Barkov, Teravainen, Makar, and Hughes get my votes. Tough call between Hughes and Pacioretty for the Pacific but if Cale deserves to be in for what he's accomplishing as a rookie, so should Quinn.

 

[El Travo]

Vote the stars in while they're young and before they wise up and decline the invite.

 

[Balthazar]

Vote the stars in while they're young and before they wise up and decline the invite.

MAF declined to go but one game suspension for a goalie is nothing (other than money).

 

[El Travo]

MAF declined to go but one game suspension for a goalie is nothing (other than money).

I wonder if some teams are willing to cover the loss of income because it directly benefits them for the players not to go.

 

[Tweaky]

I wonder if some teams are willing to cover the loss of income because it directly benefits them for the players not to go.

Not allowed. Would be cap circumvention. The pay lost due to suspension is still paid to the player, but mandated to go to the NHL Players' Emergency Assistance Fund. If the team (or anyone else) were to pay the fine for him, it would be additional income for the player.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Gabe’s Cale updates are my new favorite thing