Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Bounces R Way]

Hell of a rookie class for sure. You can bitch about parity and expansion and watered down etc but judging by the amount of young talent that enters this league every year I'd say they're in good shape.

There's a reason not many goalies win the Calder trophy. NHL goaltender is probably one of the hardest jobs in pro(team) sports. I'd go NFL QB and MLB starting pitcher as harder but not much else. Flames god bless em for their moxy are legitimately terrible, they're leading scorer is Huberdeau and he hasn't hit 50pts yet. Joel Hanley has averaged nearly 18 minutes on the blueline this year. Wolf has been that good, and if you've been paying attention it's not by any accident. He is extremely polished for a rookie G.

The other candidates are having great rookie skater seasons as well but as far as rarity goes what Wolf has done in his first full season is not seen often at all.

 

[Doublechin]

Usuallly when high profile rookie forwards come in, the fan base sees 50 points as a great success.

Hutson is almost at 50 assists, did Demidov gives the Habs 50 points next year, the majority of fans will be delighted and he's seen as the top prospect now

 

[wetcoast]

4 years old? Lol, we are talking about last year’s playoffs. Like I said, he got beat and abused like a rented mule every night in the series against Edmonton because he was already so worn down by the gruelling grind of the 1st round by the time he faced them lmao. He was literally the weak link defensively that Edmonton exploited all series long.

You were talking about the playoffs then the post you are quoting me on was about in general and now you are back to the playoffs.


Hughes wasn't as good in the playoffs but your take is just absurd, yes he wasn't as good as the regular season but he wasn't beaten like a mule for christs sake other people have watched him as well and the stat line shows him having the best relative corsi on his team in the playoffs last year.

You claim to “call balls and strikes” and see things objectively, but you’re here denying, minimizing, and making excuses for your boy’s lousy defensive play last postseason while simultaneously ragging on Hutson for a supposed defensive gaffe on a gimmick play off the draw in 3 on 3.

Pointing out is ragging in your world eh?

Look in the mirror buddy, your takes are absurd.

Like I have stated I pointed out the obvious on that play and I wonder how you can ever watch a post game where broadcasters are ragging, minimizing and making excuses on why the Habs didn't win the SC every year.

Most of the hab fans are great, sadly you are the exception to the rule.

BTW Hutson's Calder case rests on his stats and he isn't winning the Calder with his defense, even most Hab fans know this.

 

[The Last Red]

Nothing is dumber re: Hutson than the “bunch of secondary assists” garbage. The next highest scoring rookie D has about 20 points so clearly Lane Hutson must have some special power from a cereal box that only allows him to get secondary assists among rookie d-men. Obviously.

 

[Frank Drebin]

BTW Hutson's Calder case rests on his stats and he isn't winning the Calder with his defense, even most Hab fans know this.

You dont win calders, norris’, or hart trophies for great defensive play. Adequate defensive play with eye popping offensive numbers is what wins individual trophies for defensemen.


Unless you’re due

 

[Frank Drebin]

And for the record i think q hughes is a phenomenal player that Vancouver failed to insulate and support, coupled with unfortunate injuries to a couple of key players

 

[Just Linda]

Nothing is dumber re: Hutson than the “bunch of secondary assists” garbage. The next highest scoring rookie D has about 20 points so clearly Lane Hutson must have some special power from a cereal box that only allows him to get secondary assists among rookie d-men. Obviously.

If I'm not mistaken, second place for rookie dmen scoring belongs to Drew Helleson with 10 points.

Other than Hutson, it's a weak rookie d class but he's got over 5 times the points as second place.

 

[CanadienShark]

Post #16

You were pretty spot on too

I knew both would be contenders, but I'm honestly disappointed overall with this rookie class. I expected 6+ legit contenders. Obviously that should never be expected, but this seemed like potentially one of the best classes ever.

 

[Garbageyuk]

I knew both would be contenders, but I'm honestly disappointed overall with this rookie class. I expected 6+ legit contenders. Obviously that should never be expected, but this seemed like potentially one of the best classes ever.

It is though. Michkov will likely finish with 60 points or close to it, and might not even be a finalist.

 

[CanadienShark]

It is though. Michkov will likely finish with 60 points or close to it, and might not even be a finalist.

It's still a great year, but I expected huge things from Stankoven too, among others. My expectations were really high.

 

[Garbageyuk]

It's still a great year, but I expected huge things from Stankoven too, among others. My expectations were really high.

Yeah, just went back and read through the first few pages of this thread; there are some takes lmao

 

[MoneyManny]

This is a player who has been at the center of 6-2, 7-2, 8-2, 9-2, 6-3 (x2), and 7-3 results with some UGLY performances. I think it’s great that he can skate well and move the puck but none of the other rookies in the mix have sunk as low as Hutson has during this season.

The Pens ended up dead last in their conference during Mario Lemieux's rookie season. What a bust.