On Friday, Makar was announced as the winner of the 2019 Hobey Baker Award as the most valuable player in NCAA hockey. Finally, on Monday, he made his NHL debut for the Avs in Game 3 against the team he grew up supporting, the Calgary Flames. “I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet,” Makar said prior to the game. “It’s a lot of excitement, a lot of different emotions,” he told Sportsnet between periods of his first big-league snipe. “I don’t think it’s too much pressure,” Makar said.

Source: National Post April 16, 2019 03:24 UTC