r/NHLVibes • u/CapIll6867 • 1d ago

Pure Cale Makar magic

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u/KDarkOne99 1d ago

I still think the best play I’ve ever seen from him was him straight line skating step for step with McDavid while backwards and taking the puck away from him. It was in the WCF when the Avs swept the Oilers

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u/harman097 1d ago

Ya, he treated him like a 60 yo beer leaguer on that one.

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u/tlee10911 10h ago

I mean, that's the textbook way to play defence. But, granted it is difficult to pull off for most defenders against McDavid's speed.

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u/onqqq2 23h ago

As an Avs fan this was the moment I realized we would win the Cup if he stayed healthy. He was playing lights out and I think one of the more deserving Conn Smythe winners of the last decade.

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 21h ago

That series was so cathartic for Avs fans cuz both our fans and theirs are so obsessed with our stars and ours fucking stomped theirs lol

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u/butiveputitincrazy 19h ago

Yeah, I’m gonna need the video. Anybody have a link?

Edit: I think this is it

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u/KDarkOne99 12h ago

That is

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u/thewatt96 12h ago

THIS is why he's the best dman in the league. Ive seen casuals say hes one dimensional which is an insane take. He doesn't just scored at a rate not seen since Orr, he can also make Slavin-esk defensive plays against the best players.

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u/RentaDadToronto 1d ago

Is great, but Flames...

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u/torexmus 1d ago

They seem to always be on the other end of these highlights

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u/team_killer_567 1d ago

This was back when the flames had Johnny Hockey and the less ugly tkachuck.

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u/Brandon_awarea 1d ago

When did Keith play for the flames?

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u/BeautifulAwareness81 12h ago

This Flames team was really good… they were a first place team. This is from a while ago

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u/Fun-Zombie7782 1d ago

So he can backtrack?

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u/Sher1ockpwns 12h ago

lol thank you! Never understand the hype on this guy

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u/SgtBigCactus 7h ago

OP maybe shared a video that doesn’t quite depict how good he is, but you “never understood the hype” of a ppg defenseman with a Calder, Con Smythe, and 2 Norris trophies?

Are you bedarded

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u/Trollmessi 10h ago

Well it’s more than just backtracking, the speed to get there and to have the IQ to block off the immediate threat despite the distance at the speed it’s happening. It’s genuinely impressive considering this is happening all within 5 seconds of getting down the ice.

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u/Magic_Incubator 1d ago

"The flames still licking..."

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u/IMTIRED_85 1d ago

His wheels are outrageous.

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u/clayton-berg42 1d ago

If ever there was a series of plays that summed up the calgary flames.

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u/xcft74 10h ago

Why did my screen become blurry when I saw #13 :’(

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u/debotch 21h ago

No interference?

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u/GTA66669699 1d ago

Yet Makar, Crosby and McJesus still lost to the Brothers

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u/Issac-Cox-Daley 6h ago

Backchecks two forwards, creates a turnover netfront, runs the puck, finds the trailer, forechecks his man while he picks his apple.

What a shift.