Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Brookbank]

So it turns out that Mitchkovs KHL contract was just ploy to scare off teams so that he could fall to Philly.

Any team above Philly could have picked him anyway and then traded him

 

[ORRFForever]

Michkov was meh, tonight.

 

[HanSolo]

Michkov was meh, tonight.

Lol. Why cause he didn't score?

 

[Roksta]

Lane Hutson? Bwahaha

I mean I guess its possible, offensive D gets career year in points on shit teams (see Mike Matheson last year)

 

[ORRFForever]

Lol. Why cause he didn't score?

No, because he was meh. Did he do anything special? He was okay.

 

[HanSolo]

No, because he was meh. Did he do anything special? He was okay.

He showed a lot of creativity, skill and confidence in the third period. For his first official NHL game I thought he was good. Wouldn't say great or outstanding but meh is not the right word

 

[ORRFForever]

He showed a lot of creativity, skill and confidence in the third period. For his first official NHL game I thought he was good. Wouldn't say great or outstanding but meh is not the right word

Okay.

 

[CanadienShark]

If Faber wasn't even considered neither is Hutson.

Didn't Faber finish 2nd in voting?

 

[Silky Johnson]

Bad take

Try again

Want to make a bet?

Winner gets to choose the loser name on HF for next year.

PS I already challenged you to the same bet over your Habs over Sens prediction.

Are you the kind of blow hard who just spouts BS or do you back it up?

 

[D Wakaluk]

San Jose and Montreal just wont score as much as Dallas. It's a fact.

Stanky playing with Hintz & Roberts can't hurt either. He'll get some healthy peepee minutes aswell.

It's over.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Seamus Casey might be an outside option for Calder.

 

[Sniper99]

Yeah, it’s such an insult to compare the great Stankoven to perennial 30 and 40 goal scorers. Lol, this place is so dumb sometimes

LOL you can do better than Gallagher. LOL this place LOL

 

[Zalos]

If Faber wasn't even considered neither is Hutson.

Faber had low 40s points and finished 2nd in voting. If Hutson pulls out 50-60 points as a rookie defenseman on a lottery team, he for sure is going to be up there.

Still, I'm expecting one of the forwards to win it.

 

[Lunatik]

“Lap the field” lmao. Biased much? I don’t think any rookie ever has done anything close to what you could call “lapping the field” except maybe Gretzky. It certainly won’t be Stankoven, whose upside is likely somewhere between Brendan Gallagher and Alex DeBrincat.

Teemu Selanne had a pretty incredible rookie season, 30 points ahead of 2nd in points, 35 goals ahead of 2nd in goals. Had more ESP than Lindros who was also a rookie had for total points

 

[Bouboumaster]

Want to make a bet?

Winner gets to choose the loser name on HF for next year.

PS I already challenged you to the same bet over your Habs over Sens prediction.

Are you the kind of blow hard who just spouts BS or do you back it up?

If Hutson doesn't win, it's going to be fake news

 

[Garbageyuk]

Teemu Selanne had a pretty incredible rookie season, 30 points ahead of 2nd in points, 35 goals ahead of 2nd in goals. Had more ESP than Lindros who was also a rookie had for total points

Cool. He still didn’t “lap the field “.

 

[Waterbuf]

Cool. He still didn’t “lap the field “.

Thanks for holding on to this so tightly.

 

[Silky Johnson]

If Hutson doesn't win, it's going to be fake news

You seem rather unconfident...

I'll take either bet if you find some stones. But I know you are afraid of being @silky's ho for a full year.

 

[Fraser28]

Lol. Why cause he didn't score?

No because after watching the whole game he looked mediocre relative to the very high expectation. It’s only Game 1 but Celebrini was much more impressive in his debut.

Again, only based on one game. It means very little, but all we have to go off so far. And always kinda fun to evaluate a hyped rookie’s first game.

 

[HanSolo]

No because after watching the whole game he looked mediocre relative to the very high expectation. It’s only Game 1 but Celebrini was much more impressive in his debut.

Again, only based on one game. It means very little, but all we have to go off so far. And always kinda fun to evaluate a hyped rookie’s first game.

To each their own. Thought he had a fair share of moments that demonstrate he has higher innate skill, creativity, vision and decisiveness compared to his teammates. Yeah it you're comparing to another rookie who had a lucky goal and an assist, sure. Relative disappointment.

 

[Fraser28]

To each their own. Thought he had a fair share of moments that demonstrate he has higher innate skill, creativity, vision and decisiveness compared to his teammates. Yeah it you're comparing to another rookie who had a lucky goal and an assist, sure. Relative disappointment.

“Lucky goal and an assist” is a reductive way to sell Celebrini short. I’m figuring you didn’t watch the game? His assist was beautiful, the move leading to the lucky bounce goal was impressive, he was buzzing most of the night, and looked amazing QB’ing the power play.

Sadly, Celebrini is injured and on IR. Injuries are so annoying!

 

[Garbageyuk]

Thanks for holding on to this so tightly.

It’s the truth, so there’s nothing wrong with doing so. People shouldn’t say dumb shit if they don’t want others pointing it out.

 

[TheBeard]

To each their own. Thought he had a fair share of moments that demonstrate he has higher innate skill, creativity, vision and decisiveness compared to his teammates. Yeah it you're comparing to another rookie who had a lucky goal and an assist, sure. Relative disappointment.

I like that Michkov showed skill and creativity with no points, but Celebrini's skill and creativity was "a lucky goal and an assist".

 

[HanSolo]

I like that Michkov showed skill and creativity with no points, but Celebrini's skill and creativity was "a lucky goal and an assist".

I didn't say he didn't look impressive. He looked great and clearly lived up to his first overall talent. I said what I said to inartfully make the point that not every high talent prospect is going to have a stellar first game.

The lucky first goal was my own head saying the difference on the scoresheet between the two could've been 1 assist over 0 points but for a lucky bounce.

 

[HanSolo]

“Lucky goal and an assist” is a reductive way to sell Celebrini short. I’m figuring you didn’t watch the game? His assist was beautiful, the move leading to the lucky bounce goal was impressive, he was buzzing most of the night, and looked amazing QB’ing the power play.

Sadly, Celebrini is injured and on IR. Injuries are so annoying!

See my last post. I have a bad habit of trying to make points with illustrative examples instead of just saying what I mean. Celebrini had a great first game. Michkov having a less impactful performance doesn't mean much to me. He had plenty of moments that showed he should be one of the frontrunners in this race.