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No One Turns Defense Into Offense Like Cale Makar

The most electric debate in the modern NHL is around defense. Blame that on Colorado’s Cale Makar. In an era of high-scoring forwards like Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews, Makar has made offensive waves from the blueline. The 23-year-old out of UMass has scored goals at a pace rarely seen for defenders in this era […]

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We Picked The NHL’s Best And Worst Players Of 2021

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): With roughly two weeks left in the NHL regular season, each player is making his closing arguments in the races for the league’s various pretty trophies. So for this week’s hockey chat, we wanted to handicap those award battles — plus hand out some fictional “anti-awards” to some of the […]

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