Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Frank Drebin]

They still count, but I don't think I'd be bumping a thread celebrating those plays.

Every multi point game or a great game by wolf is going to get this thread bumped

And his secondary on caufields goal was sick. Regular hutson stuff

 

[Canadienna]

 

[Zalos]

Still think he gets over 60 points this year. I'd love it if he finished just behind Makar, Hughes, and Werenski.

 

[Just Linda]

Every multi point game or a great game by wolf is going to get this thread bumped

And his secondary on caufields goal was sick. Regular hutson stuff

Wolf getting multi point games would convince me to advocate him for the Calder

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Hutson is tied 4th in scoring among dmen. The 3 above him will be the 3 norris finalists.

If it finishes like that, it would be insane for such a player to not win the calder.

 

[coooldude]

Celebrini has no points in the last two, but he continues to threaten and generate chances. However, counting stats matter, so if he cools off and Hutson stays hot, I'd expect the Vegas lines to tighten and maybe see Hutson take the lead. Exciting year for rookies!

 

[ORRFForever]

Celebrini has no points in the last two

My laugh for the night.

That's gonna require a LOT of "tightening"...

NHL Odds to Win Calder Trophy 2025

NHL Calder Odds for 2025. A look at the odds to win the Calder Trophy, including betting favorite Macklin Celebrini (-280).

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[Star Platinum]

Ridiculous, I want a vanilla review of all Celebrini and Mishkovs secondary assists.

Don't say I never do anything for you


This secondary assist not quite so vanilla though. Maybe vanilla with chocolate sauce.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Odd sentiment from a poster who felt compelled to downplay, erroneously, a performance by a player lol

Too sensitive indeed!

This says a lot about your understanding of hockey... Explains a lot of your posts this year about Hutson lol.

Enjoy (or don't).

I've been pumping his tires this entire thread lol. You really can't read, huh?

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Hutson with a 76 point pace in his last 40 games, which is right around when he got promoted to PP1. He leads all dmen in PP scoring in that span.

Still crazy to me that he didn't start the season there, that never made sense. No offense to Matheson.

Kid is such an elite puck mover, and you can see how much he's learned this year. Didn't take him long to figure out what he can get away with and what he can't.

There's no way he doesn't win the Calder if he holds onto the rookie scoring lead.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

When can this thread be bumped? When Cellebrini gets an assist?

It can be bumped whenever, but I would similarly question calling Celebrini an animal for a couple of secondary PP assists.

To be fair, the poster I originally quoted wasn't referencing those assists, but rather his play more generally, which I misinterpreted.

Why isn't Nemec or Casey getting vanilla secondary assists? Jealous much? lol

Because (1) Hutson is a lot better than Nemec and (2) Casey is too busy leading all rookie D in goal scoring despite playing 51 less games

Lane Hutson just running away with the Calder!

He's certainly the favorite. If you use his avg pace since earning PP1 duties, he's projected to finish around 67 points.

And realistically, he only needs to get to 63-65 points to be essentially uncatchable in the Calder race, if you assume a forward would likely have to outscore him by at least 3-5 points for them to have a chance. Which means one of Michkov or Celebrini would need ~25 points in their last ~20 games. I can't see that happening.

Wolf is having a great year but he's 17th in wins, likely won't be enough to get votes over a game breaking scoring dman playing in a major Canadian market.