from Corey Masisak of the Denver Post,

Cale Makar left the game near the end of the second period Sunday after crashing awkwardly into the end boards, but he was able to return and play in the third, and said he should be fine moving forward following a 4-0 defeat against the Buffalo Sabres.

“I don’t really remember (what happened), to be honest with you,” Makar said of the incident. “I think a lot of it’s on me, going back slow, no effort. I don’t know if it was my right leg, I think I tried to take a stride and I don’t know if I caught myself or what happened. The next thing I knew, I was sliding into the boards....

While Makar attempted to take some responsibility for the play after the game, his teammates and his coach did not like how the play unfolded.

“It’s a penalty in my books,” defenseman Devon Toews told Altitude TV. “You learn that play in Bantam (hockey), how to get on the hips of a guy to get him off balance. You’re taught to do that when a guy is up against the boards to get him off balance and pin him.

“When you do it six feet away from the boards at speed, it gets dangerous. That’s a dangerous play. This league is trying to protect starts, trying to protect the players. That’s a play that is dangerous, in my opinion, and something that needs to be addressed.”

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