If you’re a Norris Trophy voter, Emma Freimark would like to have a quick word about Cale Makar.
Actually, she’d like to have about 500. Because that was roughly the length of the speech that 9-year-old Emma presented this past Friday to the John Ware 4-H Club in Duchess, Alberta.
Her subject? Makar, the Avs’ star defenseman. Who, ya know, also happens to be her favorite player.
Freimark’s 3-minute, 18-second dissertation, entitled “Being The Next Great One,” ended with the following passage:
Cale is not only an awesome player, he’s a very humble young man with a great mindset.