Yeah, I definitely agree on this one. Jones is a pretty good defenceman, but no way he is some amazing top class defenceman in the league though. He is good but not THAT special either offensively or defensively. He is very overrated in my opinion, and I get always very confused when I see some people praising him like he is somekind of a best of the best defenceman. I have seen him play that much that I just don’t see him as a very special player either offensively or defensively.
I think that Makar is an absolute beast and what I have seen from his play, it makes me think that he has the potential to be even the best modern day defenceman, especially offensively. And even defensively he has looked so far relatively good, although definitely he does need to work on his game still especially defensively.
But with the very skilled team that Colorado has, the great talent that Makar himself has and the way that Bednar gives trust and playing time to younger super talents, I think that Makar is destined to be a real superstar in the NHL, and the real breakthrough could very well start already the upcoming season. I could easily see an over 50 point season already for him right from the start. And I wouldn’t be that surprised if he would score even more points. Of course it all will depend also on if he can avoid nasty injuries. Anyway, he is VERY special and destined to become a superstar sooner or later (I’m betting on soon) in my opinion.