Sportsmanship.... Impressive,

The guy just keeps adding reasons to love him game by game

After watching the World Cup for the last month, this has reminded me as to why hockey is the greatest sport on earth

Something we don't see everyday, good for Makar for showing sportsmanship.

My respect for Makar just went up 1000%.

Referees are going to remember this. I’d be shocked if he doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt for the next few weeks.

good on Makar.. honesty is hard to come by these days iirc Ovi did the same a few months ago with Pacioretty in Vegas

Good on Makar. I respect that. He’s a very likable and honest kid. Love his game ❤️

I’ve seen a few players do this before as well and it’s fantastic since consistency of calls across the league is really starting to be debated 👏🏼 Don’t let hockey become soccer

It’s happened a few times before, but certainly isn’t a common thing. It’s always nice to see. Players know and lots of times especially when it comes to trips, guys just can’t hold their edge and a stick will be right there and it’s nearly impossible to tell. Kudos to Makar.

respect for that, seen this here and there but not often, always respect when a player has integrity

It feels so weird having a favorite player a decade younger than you

I wish they would have shown Bednar's reaction on the bench lol.

Do we need another reason to love Cale? Fantastic sportsmanship, fantastic role model for kids, fantastic guy. My favorite Av.

Gotta love it, I remember Ovi doing this in the past too. One of many reasons hockey players are the best

I'm not a avs fan... but Cale is literally the best thing to happen for that team...his sportsmanship there was awesome to see

True sport.

Damn, never seen sportsmanship like that. Talk about high character

I went to a lightning and avalanche game last October, we lost in a shootout and Makar was the one to win it for the avs. On top of that they beat us in the Stanley cup finals. As much as I say I hate this team, I can’t be mad at Makar. He seems like a great guy and the amount of talent he has is ridiculous. I hope he wins many more Stanley cups in his career!

Wow, my new favourite player. So kuch respect for the game and his opponents and even his own team. Who knows, the equalizing future penalty could have hurt the team later.

Cal Makar is one of the reasons im slowly getting back into hockey as someone whos about to be 38... all my childhood heros have retired... but now i see players much younger than me who are becoming childhood heroes to kids... and Cal is one of them.

Maybe this is a new element to add to winning the Lady Byng.

I was always raised that way to be an honest gentleman. Yes some will call it stupid by the name of the game, you should take every advantage you can, but being noble and honest will always pay you back ten fold. As a bruins fan, Cale is the most exciting defenseman in the league but this is the first time I saw such class from him, I like him alot more now.

That is fantastic sportsmanship. Cale Makat is a stud.

Last year's hardware wasn't enough for Cale. This year, he's gunning hard for the Lady Byng Trophy.

The person in charge of playing music at Ball Arena played the perfect song about this situation at 0:39

Voracek did the same thing when the ref thought he got high sticked in Philly

Voracek did that once

Isles fans: "wait...so we CAN actually decline these things?!"

Classy play by the 5th leading scoring defenseman in the NHL.

Ive done this before in beer league, ref still gave the guy a penalty though. These NHL refs hearts grew 3x today

That's truly a classy player in Cale Makar. I remember Joe Thornton talking a ref out of a penalty once. And the accused player went over n thanked Thornton for that. Too many athletes these days look for penalties it just makes the officials in all sports look to pull the trigger on anything and everything

Ive seen Ovechkin do this too, I think. Always good to see

I remember Ovi doing this a few years back, great sportsmanship in a time where they all embellish to get a call

This is why he's my pick for best player in the league. Dude skates hard hits hard scores goals defends beyond elite and has good sportsmanship to boot. You can bet damn well if this was Crosby or Mcdavid they'd go down moaning to the refs.

What a guy. I think Ovi has done that before too

soccer players around the world are discussing getting Makar banned from sports

Literally the only sport this could even happen in anymore.

So it's great and there's no knocking this, but do note that this helps Cale as well with future calls that could be considered dives. He'll get the benefit of the doubt more. So it plays both ways. Still a huge play.

Good on Makar and good on the ref, but if they called that as a hook I wouldn't be upset.

I remember when Ovechkin did the same thing last season.

I’ve never seen this before. Wow!

Ovi did it last year when playing Las Vegas.

Life long jets fan here . I liked this kid before I like him more now. Way to play the game we love Cale. Keep it up man

I think it’s fantastic sportsmanship

One of the few players in the league with the respect and maturity to admit it was their fault.

This is next level thinking. 1st period in a regular season game every ref in the league saw it and now he gets the benefit of the doubt.

I bet his coach wasn't too happy

Another reason why he’s my absolute favorite player

Yes, you CAN do that. I've seen Ovechkin do it too.

Commentators completely dumbfounded by sportsmanship lol

One hell of a player 💪🏻

Now THAT is sportsmanship! A tiny, small example of humanity's better angels!

Bednar on the bench like..... "I wanted the fucking powerplay"

Ovi did the same thing in a game against the Golden Knights last season. Class move

Cals also proveing how hockey players are the BEST!!!!

Professional Hockey Writer's Association: And the 2022-23 Norris Trophy goes to … Cale Makar. Cale Makar: Thank you. It’s a great honor, but I won last season. Please give it to Adam Fox. Adam Fox: 🦊 🐑

Role model! Well done!

Love to see it.

Kids a class act!

A tip o’ the octopus to Cale Makar for the sportsmanship. It’s especially gallant given that he plays for the Avs.

could probably find a few like these in the archives to make a compilation.

I never seen this before !

Ovi did this in a playoff game against Vegas. Still its impressive

"I felt a lot more guilty about doing that than probably if I would've said nothing," Makar said. "I don't know if it's something I'll do again." I’m guessing he caught some shit from his teammates. Whatever, they won the game. Plus it’s not like he did this shit in a game 7 lol

How did his coach react?

people will compare this to Ovi shut down while there wasn’t no call at all but in this case, Makar shut down a play that could have really been a high stick minor if he didn’t shut it

I wonder what the avs coach had to say.

Ovi did this not too long ago, though in that case I think he may have been worried they would also call him for diving.

Cale been my favourite player in the league for a while now. Guess he's trying to stay there!

That's so bad, coach Gordan Bombay told me to dive and make things up to get your way .

love it.

NOW THATS A 9 MILLION DOLLAR DEFENSEMAN......NOT DARNELL NURSE

i guess is the new thing in the league now!! twice in 1 year. other sports should take notice and adopt this level of integrity

Thats penalty in my books

Great sportsmanship. You'd never see a Bruin do that

This could be a game changer. Tripping calls are gonna be less sketchy.

Makar is such a beauty

Class act.

All hail Cale!

Funny Bednar was questioned about Makar waiving off the penalty. He basically said he trusts Cale's decision, might not agree with it.

There was GM Jack Eichel. Now there's Commissioner Makar.

And meanwhile Barzal goes after Ovi? Shows character. To me it looked like it would be a penalty but what do I know. Makar is amazing.

That’s goofy.

Cale Makar speedrunning the Calder, Conn Smythe, Stanley Cup, Norris, and Lady Byng trophies.

I had to laugh at the commentators, It was a Bruin moment for sure. Big hats off to Makar though integrity is more important than having an advantage.

He's gonna hear about that from the coach :P

Didn’t Ovi do something similar earlier this season?

I'm old. Really. I've watched a lot of NHL hockey in the last half century. Also NCAA. Can't recall ever seeing that before. If you have I would like to know.

Ovechkin already did that too.

Voracek did this a couple years ago, not helpful on the score sheet, but good on sportsmanship

Was just wondering if players can do this

I can always count on jens to get me the highlight I was looking for. Best nhl clips.

Classy but it opens up some new possibilities. Will other players follow? What if next time Makar is tripped and it’s not called?

ovi did that lst year

Ovi has done the same thing a couple of times, impressive Makar has similar level of respect at such a young age

Tough call on refs but good on makar for waving it off

Someone has to help the refs to stop calling penalties because someone fell down .

This is obviously not happening in April, May or June though

Barzal in a clear state of shock sitting on the bench lol