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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar makes odd comment about Cale Makar injury

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This makes the Makar absence seem even weirder.

Avalanche coach Jared Bednar makes odd comment about Cale Makar injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The facts are simple: The Colorado Avalanche are down 2-0 in their Western Conference Final series with the Vegas Golden Knights , and Cale Makar has missed both games due to injury.

But the interpretations are more complicated for Makar, the Avs and head coach Jared Bednar. When will Makar be back? How has his absence impacted the series?

Those are tougher to answer, but on Friday night after the Game 2 loss, Bednar decided to oddly put the pressure on Makar. โ€œItโ€™s gonna be Caleโ€™s decision on if heโ€™s coming back," Bednar told reporters . "Heโ€™s doing all the work.

I donโ€™t make that decision for him. โ€ MORE: Sabres' story of this season is about all the chapters along the way The implication there is really odd. Essentially, it reads like Bednar is saying that the only person deciding not to be on the ice is Makar.