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Health Issues Continue To Dog Avalanche As Camp Opens

Health Issues Continue To Dog Avalanche As Camp Opens

Cale Makar among those not on the ice

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Adrian Dater
Sep 21, 2023
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I guess the one big thing that caught me - and everyone else it seems - by surprise is that Cale Makar wasn’t healthy enough to take part in Day 1 of Avalanche training camp today.

For me, that was the big takeaway from the day, other than Jonathan Drouin playing left wing on a line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen (that was something expected, but to see it actually happen was still a big deal IMO).

But, Cale Makar - not ready to play after a long, long off-season? Despite the team saying Makar might be fully good to go by next week or maybe sooner, I just can’t help but think: what’s going on here?

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