Epic Calder Race 2024-25

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If we’re going to value players on goals scored only, 14 goals through almost 50 games played isn’t all that impressive.
I do think goals matter more than assists, but you gotta be realistic about defenseman goal scoring because most of the time they're taking really low percentage shots. Some of those shots end up being juicy rebound assists.

If Hutson has the most points, he's the Calder winner. That's just how the voting works. Not a statement on which player a team would most want, but I think any team would definitely want him on their roster.

Celebrini brings a lot more than just scoring goals yes?
Yes, thank goodness. We need more two-way players. We hardly even have any one-way players.
 
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I feel like it’s been like this the whole season. When Michkov was lighting it up, Philly fans were loud, when Celebrini went on a tear, Sharks fans were loudest, and now we’re seeing it with Hutson. At this point, I believe it’s Hutson’s but that could change if another one of those guys goes on a tear. It’s weird how personal it gets for people, it’s really not an important award in the long run
Honestly, the only reason I ever was loud in this thread was because the Russian trolls were annoying.
 
The haters should just make peace with the fact that Hutson is going to inevitably win that trophy, and start enjoying his glorious rookie year. He's going to win it, because he's putting up numbers that are stacking up on a Historical level. Is he always going to be the best player of his rookie class? Perhaps not, but he is right now, without a shadow of a doubt.

The fact that Hutson is The One, doesn't mean that Wolf, Celebrini or Mitchkov are bad; on the contrary, this Calder race is one of the more interesting in recent years. Celebrini projects to be a great two-way centers, Mitchkov have shown glimpse of brilliance, and Wolf could be the next great goalie. We don't know.
At the end of the day, they might end up with a better career than Hutson.

But as of now, you can bitch and moan all you want, use your weird "advanced stats" that nobody cares about to form some stupid argument that don't make senses to nobody but yourself to justify why Hutson should end up as the second best player, behind your own favorite player, etc, in the end, it ain't going to matter: Hutson is almost PPG as a rookie defenseman, which is f***ing insane, and shows no signs of stopping.

Unless Hutson gets hurt or stops producing, the Calder is his
Can we call our opinions “facts”, or are you reserving that for yourself?
 
I’m going to just comment on Hutsons play as I watch almost every habs game. Michkov and Celebrinni by all accounts are amazing and I’m really rooting for Michkov as a habs fan because I think Demidov is a very comparable KHL season to him with less minutes played.

Anyways back to Hutson. The combination of this kids agility, stick handling, lateral movement, passing ability, and IQ is other worldly. I think the hype he is getting is very warranted. He is constantly and consistently generating scoring chances. I think he’s pretty unlucky to have 3 goals as well. I expect he will have around 9-10 goals by the end of the year. But even when he makes a simple play he usually does it in a way that his teammate gets the puck in a spot that’s just slightly better than other guys who make the move and pass. It’s hard to explain but he just does little things that you would think anyone could make that pass and they could but it would just be a little different be that a little slower or in a different spot etc. being that small is probably beneficial for his game. He is just more agile and add in his little subtle fakes or fake skate backs as I call it, nobody can really stop it. Defensively he is just fine. His IQ and angling is elite, he’s surprisingly strong for 162lbs but his weapon is his stick. He’s absolutely pin point accuracy on breaking up plays with that stick. I don’t know what his ceiling is. He’s 0.83ppg currently and it’s not crazy to think he could be 100 point guy in his peak. Im not cautious in being overly excited about players. I enjoy the hype. Life is too short and hockey isn’t life and death. I’m all for the hype on players. Being cautious does nothing for me in my personal life lol. Enjoy the ride. The Lane train is f***ing real
 
Can we call our opinions “facts”, or are you reserving that for yourself?

Opinions ain't fact
Opinions are stuff that you think could happen, and can be right or wrong, like "Hutson ain't going to Win the Calder" ain't a fact, it's an opinion and honestly, a dumb one at that
 

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