Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[thestonedkoala]

Hey genius, Hutson is one point back of Faber's rookie total, with 22 games left to play, and had far worst defensive partners and a much weaker defensive team as a whole.

Hutson will probably finish somewhere in the top 10 for all-time rookie dmen points, top 5 all-time for rookie D assists, top 5 all-time for rookie D ES pts, and will also probably in the top 10 of dmen in points for this season, but you disregard this as if it had zero significance. Your Faber example is pointless.

The fact Faber got snobbed for a worst defensive player should actually open your eyes to the irrelevancy of defensive numbers/perception for voters of this trophy, but instead you come out with the opposite conclusion. They look at offensive numbers. They'll see a dman with a similar PPG to the competing forwards, which is impressive, because top dmen are usually ~33% back in production to the top forwards. The voters will see tweets saying Hutson has reached milestones that haven't been touched in 30 years.

Tell me you have faulty logic without telling me.

Bedard had the hype behind him. Faber had Middleton for most of his season as his defensive partner and kept getting removed from the PP. More so Kaprizov was not 100% until late in the season. The team last year was not as good as this year due to injuries, Gus and ... A weak defensive team. Spurgeon and Brodin were never 100% either last season.

Faber is a 22 year old defenseman that just came from college and was in the top 10 for minutes played. He is one of the best defensive rookies in years in terms of two way play.

The fact that defensemen doesn't mean what it means anymore is a bigger issue.