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The Race for the Calder Trophy

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ninetyeight said:
This is the most fun rookie class of all time from what I can remember. I do suspect Bedard will eventually separate himself from the rest, but still so many fun players to watch.
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Idk that there is enough help for him in Chicago…. And if guys like Mintyukov and Hughes can keep their pace up, and goalies like dostal and woll can continue to be impacts in net , it’ll be interesting.

I do expect bedard to pull away from forwards at some point. Carlsson won’t have the games to keep up, I think cooley is the best bet to keep up with him
 
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Ducks have won five in a row and all three rookies padded their stats last night. Another assist for Mintyukov (rang a shot off the post and Terry buried the rebound), another goal for Carlsson, and another win for Dostal.
 
scoopscj said:
Haven't seen much of Mintyukov, but that clip was really nice. Good for the Ducks. So happy they are playing well.
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That highlight is basically a microcosm of his season.

He is playing amazing defensively and leads the Ducks in hits.
He is so calm with the puck and seems to always make the right decision.
When he gets a chance to jump up in the play he always does, and the most impressive part is he never gets caught. It isn't like he gets caught and his skating bails him out, he always seems to know exactly when he can jump up and wont get caught.

Ducks fans have seen a lot of good young defensemen in the last decade and he is by far the best. Best offensively, best transition game, and best defensively maybe second best only to Lindholm.
 
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Gliff said:
That highlight is basically a microcosm of his season.

He is playing amazing defensively and leads the Ducks in hits.
He is so calm with the puck and seems to always make the right decision.
When he gets a chance to jump up in the play he always does, and the most impressive part is he never gets caught. It isn't like he gets caught and his skating bails him out, he always seems to know exactly when he can jump up and wont get caught.

Ducks fans have seen a lot of good young defensemen in the last decade and he is by far the best. Best offensively, best transition game, and best defensively maybe second best only to Lindholm.
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He extends the play in the ozone so much, he keeps tons of pucks in at the line.

He got his first power play point yesterday, prior to that it was all even strength.

If our power play starts to function better, he may be a legit contender to bedard
 
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Gliff said:
That highlight is basically a microcosm of his season.

He is playing amazing defensively and leads the Ducks in hits.
He is so calm with the puck and seems to always make the right decision.
When he gets a chance to jump up in the play he always does, and the most impressive part is he never gets caught. It isn't like he gets caught and his skating bails him out, he always seems to know exactly when he can jump up and wont get caught.

Ducks fans have seen a lot of good young defensemen in the last decade and he is by far the best. Best offensively, best transition game, and best defensively maybe second best only to Lindholm.
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He really feels like the kind of prospect that's too good to be true. Like right on track to be a superstar in this league.

His package of skating, smarts, vision, physicality, and two way awareness is just next level.

Edit: just wanted to add, sometime around 2008 I started getting into following draft prospects with the exact hope that I could follow a future stud star drafted by the Ducks before their NHL start. Mintyukov's early results show he's exactly the kind of guy I was hoping for for them for years. And to get him at 10th overall is huge. And to add to that, I knew he'd be good. I didn't think he'd be this good, this fast.
 
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Fantilli with a pretty toe drag and shot attempt that leads to an assist on the GWG against TB.



And while he's still got a ways to go this season, if he keeps up this current pace(3pts in 4 games) Voronkov could be a super dark horse for Calder. I'm about 99% sure he'll fall off here soon on his point production but he looks good out there.
 
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ninetyeight said:
This is the most fun rookie class of all time from what I can remember. I do suspect Bedard will eventually separate himself from the rest, but still so many fun players to watch.
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He might not though, Chicago is terribad.

Luke logging 22 minutes with an assist and 70% xG last night. He is the devils best defensemen. 1g 6a on the season.
 
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Luceni said:
Rossi with a goal and an assist last night, getting first-line shifts. If he continues to play on the top line this could become interesting.
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Rossi is a guy that I could see sneaking into the discussion as the season goes on, kinda become underrated in this class

Lohrei made his season debut last night
Player 20+ mins had an assist…. He’s late to the party but I think he’ll end up having a strong season
 
Pavel Mintyukov enters his name into the calder race. Would be an incredible story if he wins the calder this season.
 
Rossi has been great and just got put on a line with Kaprizov and Boldy for 40 minutes leading to 2 points. He might be about to explode as that line was too good to break up. The only thing holding him back a bit might be he won't get put on the first PP unit yet and many other rookies are benefiting a lot from PP points.
 
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