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Keeler: All Hail Cale Makar, NHL MVP! Avalanche defender and Hart Trophy are destined to be together. Here’s why.

“Makar, he does stuff that a lot of defensemen have never done in the past,” Turner Sports NHL analyst Rick Tochhet said of Colorado’s star defender and the kid Wayne Gretzky compared to Bobby Orr.

TAMPA BAY, FL - JUNE 26: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lighting 2-1 in game six of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Amalie Arena June 26, 2022. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
TAMPA BAY, FL – JUNE 26: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lighting 2-1 in game six of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Amalie Arena June 26, 2022. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
The great ones lead the scouting report. Cale Makar makes you rip the stupid thing up and start over from scratch.
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