Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Kennedys]

The guy with 25 points in 33 games as a defenseman isn't #3? Guess he must be #1 or #2 then.

I think that's what he's saying

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I think that's what he's saying

Yea i still like Celebrini to win it since his two way game is superb and his scoring pace is the best of the rookies so far. But if Hutson actually ends up outscoring him as a dman not sure how you can deny him.

 

[NikolaTesla]

Not if he continues to be the worst rookie in plus/minus. Might be silly but a rookie defensemen that is on pace for -35 will be criticized harder then a forward that is on pace for the same -35.

+/- being such an important stats to you, I guarantee you he wont end up with at -35 this year.

 

[Kennedys]

+/- being such an important stats to you, I guarantee you he wont end up with at -35 this year.

yeah and anyway Connor Bedard was -44 last season. That should end the +/- non sense on these board. You know the reason why ? He played on a terrible team !

 

[McFlash97]

You have to give it to the rookie defenseman with 25 fn points in 33 games.

Absurd.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Celebrini

Hutson




Mitchkov

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Not if he continues to be the worst rookie in plus/minus. Might be silly but a rookie defensemen that is on pace for -35 will be criticized harder then a forward that is on pace for the same -35.

Be the connoisseur you pretend to be and go look at GF%. He's -6, simply because -8 of his -14 has been in empty net situations (0GF, 8GA).

He won't finish at -35 either, because if you were doing something else than basic stats watching, you would realize his GF% over the last 12 games is 50.0%.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Sure the last 3 games have been against the Dead Wings and SC playoff pretenders Buffalo....just saying.

He's had points against the better teams too. The last 3 teams we've faced who are clearly over ,500, were boston, winnipeg and washington, and Hutson had 1g 3a in those 3 games. Opponent strenght doesn't matter with Hutson. He's still gonna get points.

 

[waitin425]

DraftKings odds as of today:
Michkov -135
Celebrini +100
Hutson +1200
Wolf +4000

Public line might be a little behind, but it's still Michkov as of today.

Im putting 100 bucks on Hutson right now.

 

[Barrie22]

What's the rating?

+1200

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

+1200

Interesting

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Exactly my point

Gotcha, my mistake and apologies

 

[FrankMTL]

Fantastic group of rookies this season in the NHL.

As for the 3 that are currently at the top of the list, we will see how they continue to perform over a very long and grueling NHL season. They're not used to playing this amount of games, so let's see how they hold up.

Last season games played in their respective leagues:

Michkov- 48 (KHL)

Hutson- 38 (NCAA) + 7 (WJC) + 2 (NHL) = 47 total

Celebrini- 38 (NCAA) + 5 (WJC)= 43 total

 

[wetcoast]

The guy with 25 points in 33 games as a defenseman isn't #3? Guess he must be #1 or #2 then.

He is 3rd with the voters and most people on here as well.

It's a 3 man race and Hutson isn't #3

What's the top 3 then?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

He is 3rd with the voters and most people on here as well.


What's the top 3 then?

Celebrini Hutson Michkov

 

[McFlash97]

Hutson should lead the way followed by a tie between Celebrini and Michkov

 

[wetcoast]

Celebrini Hutson Michkov

Man as soon as Michkov has another great game his fan bois will be out in droves.

 

[ottawa]

Huston is insanely underrated around here

 

[danisonfire]

Because Celebrini’s CF Rel% and FF Rel% are outrageous. They’re similar to McDavid, Kucherov, Kaprizov, and Makar

Which is why I have him first right now in my posts in this thread. Plus minus is still a terrible stat to use and that is what the other posters were trying to use against Huston which is laughable.

 

[MNRube]

Hutson’s like an annoying Chihuahua out there, but he is effective. I still think Celebrini & Michkov are ahead of him. Great race this year

 

[OverTheLine]

Huston is insanely underrated around here

Half the people on the past few pages have been singing his praises and saying he should be the favorite, or at least #2 behind Celebrini…?

What would you have us say to make him properly rated, call for him to win the Norris?

 

[Guy Larose]

He is 3rd with the voters and most people on here as well.


What's the top 3 then?

Stop making shit up it's embarrassing. What f***in voters, we're not even at that point yet.

 

[StrawHatEklund]

Man as soon as Michkov has another great game his fan bois will be out in droves.

They’re all completely MIA right now. Not a whisper out of them after his 6 game pointless streak. These are the same guys that said Michkov would win the Calder and it wasn’t even close.

 

[Barrie22]

6 game pointless streak with an amazing -11.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Because Celebrini’s CF Rel% and FF Rel% are outrageous. They’re similar to McDavid, Kucherov, Kaprizov, and Makar

Okay, but his team is so bad you’d expect him to be miles ahead of his teammates.