Cale Makar

Cale Makar nominated for the Norris Trophy, what the Avs need to improve on moving towards Game 6 and more on the DNVR Avalanche Podcast.

Host Roger Bennett sits down with Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, a buccaneering, avant garde young gun able to employ creativity and explosiveness to change the course of games. Skills he's developed thanks to a "growth mindset" and the burning desire to never stop learning.

With MacKinnon out the Avs other top players to center stage in a dominant performance against the LA Kings. Makar tops the pile showing off his bag of tricks and making a case for himself to win the Norris, if not this year then soon.

Cale Makar won the Calder Trophy last year in one of the most impressive rookie seasons we've ever seen for defensemen. But he somehow got even better this year and is a legitimate Norris candidate. How many superstars in the NHL would you take over Cale Makar? We answer that question and get into our usual hijinx because it's Free Skate Friday!

The DNVR Avalanche Podcast returns to celebrate Cale Makar winning the Calder trophy, Question Nathan MacKinnon losing out on hardware and dive a bit deeper into the Alex Pietrangelo conversation.

The DNVR Avalanche Podcast drops with Nathan Rudolph and AJ Haefele talking about Cale Makar on the three year anniversary of the Avs drafting him and where stands as Denver sports draft pick.

The Colorado Avalanche get two points, but how happy can one really be in just getting past the dreadful Red Wings? Do the Avs play down to their opponent too often? Nathan MacKinnon's scoring struggles continue and Cale Makar was a late scratch and is week to week (isn't that great?). Tune in and subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steph, earl, Jackie, and Rudo meet up before all the shenanigans in the game against the wild to look back on the Eastern part of the road trip, collectively hail Cale, and look ahead to both the trade deadline and the rest of the season.

Today I take a look at a couple of possible moves the As could make come trade deadline as well as some 2nd half adjustments that if the Avs can shore up will make them all the more difficult to content with. Finally, fans have been going back and forth on who is better, Quinn Hughes from Vancouver or Cale Makar, and I ask the question 'can't we all just get along?". Tune in and subscribe!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cale Makar is having a season for the rookie ages. So naturally he gets the shaft when it comes to being selected to the All-Star game for a player who plays for the city in which it's being held. Conspiracy? Also, sure the Avs are in a funk. So do we dump everyone including the coaches and start over!? No. Let's take a seat and talk about it. Tune in and subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices