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Epic Calder Race 2024-25

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Wolf is already elite at his position. Might drag terrible Flames team to the playoffs. If he does, give him the Calder. Should get Vezina votes too.
 
For what it's worth, Frank Seravalli said today that if the Flames get into the playoffs he'll make Wolf his #1 choice in the Calder vote.
 
Frank Drebin said:
Only thing i can see holding wolf back is games played. If he can get 50 while keeping up his play he has as good as chance as anyone. 45 starts isn’t enough in a crop like this
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Should be possible, his season % of games played is 60%. But i am going out on a limb and saying that number has been brought up from a much lower number from the 1st half of the season to today. So he should be starting 12 of the last 19 games, which is exactly what he needs to get to 50.

But i would not be surprised to see him starting like 14-15 of those final 19.
 
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As someone who hasn’t watched a single hockey game this year, with my entire view based on the arguments in this thread, the last few people arguing for wolf have started winning me over. Honestly celebrini vs Hutson seems close to a wash, might as well give it to a goalie while there’s a worthwhile candidate. He seems to be actually good at his position, with no “for a rookie” caveat.
 
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Oscar The Grouch said:
The chasm between Hutson and Lidstrom's defensive play is.... from here to Mars.
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100% agree. But that was not the point of my post. There was no comparison between Lane and Lidstrom. Lidstrom is top 3 best defenceman in history. But he also scored 60 pts as a rookie and it's reacheable for Lane to outscore that number this year.
 
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Preseason the vast majority of analysts and fans didn't have the Flames or Habs sniffing the playoffs. For me, this is now down to a two man race rather than four.

In a tight Calder race something has to be said about rookies who have been integral to their teams being in the thick of the playoff hunt. Wolf and Hutson have gone above and beyond in being massive reasons for their teams' unexpected success.
 
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hutson is gonna win it. His odds (on sportsbook) were so underrated I was surprised he was ranked below rookies like smith and Stankoven. Now hes the likeliest to win especially if the habs somehow make the playoffs
 
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Barrie22 said:
Should be possible, his season % of games played is 60%. But i am going out on a limb and saying that number has been brought up from a much lower number from the 1st half of the season to today. So he should be starting 12 of the last 19 games, which is exactly what he needs to get to 50.

But i would not be surprised to see him starting like 14-15 of those final 19.
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You're right about his workload increasing.

At the Christmas break, Wolf and Vladar had both started 17 games (it would have probably been 19-15 but Wolf was sick for a couple games). Since the Christmas break, Wolf has started 22/30, If he continues at the pace since Christmas, he's start 13-14 more games; putting him in the 52-53 GP range.
 
SannywithoutCompy said:
In overall impact, yes. In specifically defensive play, definitely not and I'm a Habs home rand massive Hutson fan lol
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Lidstrom was better defensively, but offensively, there's also the scoring era to consider. Lidstrom has 53 adjusted points in 80 games as a rookie. Lane is at 65 adjusted points in 65 games.

In fact, if you go by adjusted and prorated, the top three all-time rookie Ds would be Makar, Hughes and Hutson.
 
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