Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Frank Drebin]

on a night where only one of our top 3 candidates had a point ... where are the flyer peeps?

Hutson had a PP assist tonight on Laines goal.

 

[Bond]

As a jets fan, damn did Wolf look good today. I’d love to see him keep doing well and earn a shot at the calder.

Wolf stole that game

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Vegas is rarely wrong, and they definitely dont lose. At this point it’s still up for grabs.

Vegas always plays it safe, but whenever someone has the type of momentum Hutson has it’s always hard to price it right - he’s absolutely the favourite.

 

[22Brad Park]

Hutson

-5 tonite has to count too

 

[Sasha Orlov]

-5 tonite has to count too

 

[karltonian]

Hutson had a PP assist tonight on Laines goal.

damn well, so much for that. celebrini's best goalscorer had the shits tonight. and our genius coach replaced him on celebrini's wing with ... dellandrea

 

[Zalos]

Gotta love the haters coming in on that one night where Hutson is having a bad game.

Definitely was not a good one, but honestly the Habs missed so many chances to score tonight. The game could have ended 8-7.

It was an open game and Hutson can benefit from those, but he will also get exposed against talented teams. At least for now. It's a good learning experience for the future.

 

[madmike77]

Wolf stole that game

Wolf has been amazing this year. He’s not just having a great rookie year - he’s a top -10 goalie. That said, he doesn’t play enough games to have a real shot at the Calder. He’s played barely over 50% of the Flames minutes. That’s ideal for his development and the right approach by the Flames to prevent long-term injuries, but not great for winning the Calder.

 

[JustAHabFan]

on a night where only one of our top 3 candidates had a point ... where are the flyer peeps?

Sorry. Hutson got a primary assist on Laine PP goal. You are wrong as usual.

 

[Lunatik]

Wolf has been amazing this year. He’s not just having a great rookie year - he’s a top -10 goalie. That said, he doesn’t play enough games to have a real shot at the Calder. He’s played barely over 50% of the Flames minutes. That’s ideal for his development and the right approach by the Flames to prevent long-term injuries, but not great for winning the Calder.

It's looking like he'll be starting moving forward. He's started 7/10 since Xmas and 2/3 of Vladar's starts were in back-to-backs.

 

[WolfgangPuck]

I Liking Hutson more. Habs are winning more games with Hutson on the ice.
Wolf is second for me. These players have more impact for their teams then the other rookies in the list

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

-5 tonite has to count too

One wonders if other coaches will take note of what Toronto did to him?

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Hutson is out of the running. -5. He's a forward.

Even if he was a forward - leading all rookies in point doesn't put you out of the running.

1 bad game after like 10 great ones, he's still a rookie after all

 

[FerrisRox]

Every player has a rough game. Woll was amazing tonight.

I didn't think Hutson was that bad. But he wasn't great either.

I thought it was his worst game of the season. He made some bad decisions, he was running around in his own zone on a few plays, which he normally doesn't do and he got beat in one on one situations, which, again, he normally doesn't.

One wonders if other coaches will take note of what Toronto did to him?

I don't think Toronto "did" anything to him. I think he did it to himself. It was his worst game of the season, but I didn't see it as some team "exposing" a weakness. I saw it as him playing poorly.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Current Pace

Hutson
82 GP 5g 62 a 68 pts -16

Michkov
80GP 25G 59Pts -20

Celebrini
70GP 25G 60pts -29
80gp 29G 69pts -33 (Prorated to same as Michkov)

Wolf
Tough to pro rate goalies
70% of Calgarys remaining starts would give him 50 gp (currently at 25)
Double his current stats. 2 shutouts to 4. .917/2.50 gaa stays relatively the same. Hes currently 16-7-2 so 32-14-4.
50GP. 2.50 GAA .917 SV% (Good for 5th in the league!). 32 wins.

Looking purely at the numbers Hutsons and Wolfs seasons look most impressive. At this point it would take some serious convincing to explain why those two aren't having the best rookie seasons so far.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

One wonders if other coaches will take note of what Toronto did to him?

"Guys, we just need you to play like Nylander, Marner and Matthews tonight"

I'm far from a leafs fan but they have one of the best forward groups in the league. There's a reason they have been a top team all year

 

[Sasha Orlov]

One wonders if other coaches will take note of what Toronto did to him?

He just didn’t have a good game, it happens