Cale Makar to wear number 8 for the Colorado Avalanche

When he signed his ELC yesterday morning the big mystery became; which number would Cale Makar wear for the Colorado Avalanche. The reigning Hobey Baker winner has worn No. 16 with UMass for the past two seasons but that number is already taken by big Nikita Zadorov.

So the guessing game began.

He wore number 7 with team Canada:

The team gave him 59 at development camp:

There was even some speculation that he’d go back to the day he first put on an Avalanche jersey:

This morning the question was answered.