MacKinnon Was Not Happy, When They Drafted Makar?!

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1. Is Makar defender in the NHL?🧐

2. Yikes

3. The man also things Crosby’s better than Lemieux soooooo… don’t go into scout Nate

4. Miro went third

5. Legit concern, but that must bring confidence in the scouts! Colorado looks unstoppable.

6. Chris Phillips played for the fort mcmurray oil baron in the AJHL. Literally a hall of fame defenseman. McKinnon is an idiot

7. Biggest mistake that philly ever made not picking Makar. If I remember right one of the top scouts for Philly was pleading with hextal not to take Patrick and that Makar was a stud but like always hexy had to be the smartest guy in the room.

8. MacKinnon is godtier but you damn well he knows exactly who went 3rd in 2017 lmao. With Heiskanen missing the first round last season, NMK nearly won the series himself. Against Heiska in '24 NMK managed all of 2G & 5P

9. I think he’s been fine, that guy we are talking about

10. If the GMs could go back to that draft Makar would've went 1st overall

11. The rules are different now. Makar wanted to play NCAA. The CHL was considered semi-professional and he would’ve been ineligible to play NCAA if he played in what probably have been in the WHL( since he’s from western Canada)

12. The stars made a good pick in Heiskanen. Colorado made a great pick in Makar. Although, they might’ve been able to pick him later but I’m not a scout or gm so I don’t know what the thought on him was at the time.

13. MacKinnon is such an ass lol

14. I’m glad a pro had the same initial reaction I did. Alberta Juniors as a top 4 pick was unheard of

15. he wasn’t happy Colorado drafted Makar……. Imagine how Philly fans felt after Patrick was picked 😡😡😡

16. Miro and makar were definitely the best in the draft but I love the type of player Nico is.

17. Makar earned that spot hands down haha he knew he was going to dominate so he ran with it haha…and Brooks Bandits is a legendary hockey hub

18. Hextall got brain damage fighting Potvin that one time and that led him to drafting Nolan Patrick instead of Cale Makar. Insane

19. His ignorance about Junior A has probably left the building…

20. He then air dropped out of college straight into the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and they proceeded to embarrass the Calgary Flames.

21. Patrick over Makar ROFL

22. Screw you nate i went to alot of kodiak games

23. You need to look at from Nate perspective, he wasn't clowning on Cale, it was more the league he was in. You are told your entire life to get into the top junior teams for a shot at the show. So from the jump he was like "a kid from THAT league went 4th?? nah, no way" lol

24. And to think Mark Messier was the only kid ever to come out of tier 2, Alberta Junior A straight to the NHL.

25. He forgot about Heiskanen lol

26. There were a lot of people aware of how good Cale was.

27. PATRICK WAS ANOTHER WASTED FLYERS PICK. WE HAF A HORRIBLE GM HEXTALL WHO DID NOTHING BUT DESTROY THE FLYERS