BETTER THAN BOBBY

IT’S SACRILEGE TO SUGGEST ANY DEFENSEMAN IS SUPERIOR TO ORR. BUT WATCH CALE MAKAR CONTROL THE PLAY WITH HIS SKILL, SKATING AND SAVVY, AND YOU JUST MIGHT BELIEVE THE BLASPHEMY

BY KEN CAMPBELL

PERHAPS IT HAS something to do with the fact people weren’t fawning all over him and telling him how special he was from the time he was four. Then there was the time when he was 13, and he not only didn’t make an under-14 AAA team in his town, he wasn’t even asked to try out for one, because he was a 5-foot-2 defenseman. Or it just might have something to do with being raised properly. Because, believe it or not, some guys become elite players in The Best League in the World™ who are not nearly as impressed with themselves as everyone else is. So, when Cale Makar, still with the flushed cheeks at 25, downplays his accomplishments and generally shuns the attention that comes with them, it’s not…

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