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He is a 1996 early birthday, so he’ll still be 26 by September 15th which i believe is the cutout date.
 
There indeed seem to be somewhat different interpretations, unfortunately the PHWA themselves apparently have not published the rules online. According an NHL.com introductory page a player indeed has to be 25 or less on September 15, whereas for example the Canadian Encyclopedia defines it as "no more than 26."

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OKR said:
He is a 1996 early birthday, so he’ll still be 26 by September 15th which i believe is the cutout date.
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Yes, this is otherwise known as the 'Michael Bunting-rule'. The Calder is generally an UNDER-26 Award.
The only way a 26 year old is eligible is if their 26th birthday comes after september 15th of that season.
Bunting, born on September 17th, was 1 day from being the oldest a player can be and still remain eligible.
 
Albatros said:
There indeed seem to be somewhat different interpretations, unfortunately the PHWA themselves apparently have not published the rules online. According an NHL.com introductory page a player indeed has to be 25 or less on September 15, whereas for example the Canadian Encyclopedia defines it as "no more than 26."

NHL Records

records.nhl.com records.nhl.com

Calder Memorial Trophy

www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
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I guess it comes down to do you trust the people that own the award, or an online editable community page?
 
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Pavels Dog said:
Yes, this is otherwise known as the 'Michael Bunting-rule'. The Calder is generally an UNDER-26 Award.
The only way a 26 year old is eligible is if their 26th birthday comes after september 15th of that season.
Bunting, born on September 17th, was 1 day from being the oldest a player can be and still remain eligible.
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Sergei Makarov says, "Wait... what?"

I'm all in favour of scrapping the rule. It made sense back in the day when Soviet-bloc superstars were locked behind the Iron Curtain, but that is no longer the situation.

I, for one, think it's an even more compelling story when a 26+ year old finally makes it to the NHL and wins the Calder than when yet another barely_needs_to_shave_yet_youngster that's been hyped as the league's next superstar since they were 15 wins it.

The NHL needs to make the Calder an "open" trophy and completely remove the age restriction component.
 
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Javaman said:
Sergei Makarov says, "Wait... what?"

I'm all in favour of scrapping the rule. It made sense back in the day when Soviet-bloc superstars were locked behind the Iron Curtain, but that is no longer the situation.

I, for one, think it's an even more compelling story when a 26+ year old finally makes it to the NHL and wins the Calder than when yet another barely_needs_to_shave_yet_youngster that's been hyped as the league's next superstar since they were 15 wins it.

The NHL needs to make the Calder an "open" trophy and completely remove the age restriction component.
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Nah. Need to restrict it more imo. 21 and under.
 
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Javaman said:
Sergei Makarov says, "Wait... what?"

I'm all in favour of scrapping the rule. It made sense back in the day when Soviet-bloc superstars were locked behind the Iron Curtain, but that is no longer the situation.

I, for one, think it's an even more compelling story when a 26+ year old finally makes it to the NHL and wins the Calder than when yet another barely_needs_to_shave_yet_youngster that's been hyped as the league's next superstar since they were 15 wins it.

The NHL needs to make the Calder an "open" trophy and completely remove the age restriction component.
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Say they did. How many Calders would have been awarded to other players over the past several years?
 
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Nah. Need to restrict it more imo. 21 and under.
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But why? What is the rationale for arbitrarily restricting the rookie of the year award to such a young age?

If you set 21 as the age limit, then there's a fair chance the Calder winner is not, in fact, the best rookie, but rather the best new, young player in the league. If that's what you're looking for, then just create a new trophy for that.
 
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Calder really should be any rookie, regardless of age. As for Kuzmenko, IMO it’s highly unlikely Vancouver has any individual award winners. But if they do have one, it will be a guy Benning isn’t responsible for, so Kuzmenko.
 
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The Calder eligibility should be for any player who has not played more than 40 cumulative games in a major professional league.

The KHL should be considered a major professional league.
 
zar said:
The Calder eligibility should be for any player who has not played more than 40 cumulative games in a major professional league.

The KHL should be considered a major professional league.
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That's dumb. A SHL regular season is 52 games.
 
Just because NHL thinks a player is "rookie" doesn't mean that they actually are rookies.
- trophy eligible or not

26 year old who has almost 400 games in the KHL (reg+post) and is 8 season pro, is not a rookie
NHL might say, think so, but 99% of the hockey world you'd think would not agree.

I agree with above; 21 and under.
 
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