Name: Cale Makar
Position: Defenseman
Shoots: Right-handed
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Size: 5-foot-11, 187 lbs
Team: Brooks Bandits (Alberta Junior Hockey League)
Stats: 24 goals, 51 assists, 75 points in 54 games
NHL Ceiling: Top-two, puck-moving, power-play defenseman
Cale Makar represents the changing landscape of the modern NHL defenseman better than any other player in this year’s National Hockey League Entry Draft, set for June 23rd and 24th.
The hockey world is trending towards smaller, speedier defenders; the Dallas Stars, similar to many of the NHL’s 31 teams, have reaped the benefits of physically smaller defenders that have better skating and offensive abilities than their bigger, stronger counterparts.