“Not many people can make Cale Markar look silly,” Only Mitch Marner did

26 YO ice hockey defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche, Cale Makar, was on his way to grab the puck from 27 YO ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner, who was nicely taking the puck along the boards toward the Avalance’s net. But what happens next?
Cale Makar uses his hockey stick not to chase the puck but to slide it under Mitch Marner’s leg. Thereby wanting to make Marner fall down. And how did Marner handle that? Cale Makar was in for a surprise.
Marner took the puck back towards the Maple Leafs’ net and prevented himself from falling for the bait nicely thrown by Cale Makar! Cale Makar was left stunned. Instead of making Mitch Marner fall for the bait, Makar himself skidded and made a fool out of himself!
Leafslatest shared this cinematic experience on their official X account and captioned it - “Not many people can make Cale Makar look silly. Mitch Marner did, however. 👀🫨 #LeafsForever”


One X user wrote, “Makar loses an edge. marner didn’t make him look silly. Makar was prepared for the change in direction. He unfortunately loses an edge.”
Another X user wrote, “I thought cale makar was a god and this could never happen to him”
A third X user penned, “Mitch has the best edges in the game. Fight me.”
A fourth X user chimed, “Yet he makes himself look silly completely on his own often”
A fifth X user jotted, “Holy cow, he reversed course!!! Crazy!!”


Now, this is a throwback story. Sportsnet shared a tweet that had ice hockey center and captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews, react to Cale Makar’s 102.5mph(miles per hour) shot last year at the Rogers NHL Hardest Shot at the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition.
Auston Matthews’ reaction decoded: Matthews’ lips went down in surprise. He also had a dropped jaw. His reaction meant - disbelief, utter shock as if Auston Matthews did not expect Cale Makar to hit so hard!

X users reacted to Auston Matthews’ disbelief: “He just witnessed a Makar crash”, “New gif incoming lol”, “He looks like the mouse filter”, “This about to be a meme”, and “LOL”.
Auston Matthews thought he was making Cale Makar look silly, but instead, Matthews was the one who got trolled for his reaction!
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