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03-17-2012, 10:03 PM #1Assistant General Manager
NHL's Calder Race Too Close to Call
The race for the Calder Trophy, which is awarded to the NHL's top rookie, remains a very close one.
Last week, we discussed the top three candidates for the award, but since then, a fourth player has become a bigger part of the discussion.
With roughly 15 games to play in the regular season, the race remains wide open. Any one of these four players has a chance to win the Calder with a strong finish to their rookie campaigns.
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03-18-2012, 03:51 PM #2
If RNH manages to win the Calder, there's going to be a lot of calls of Canadian bias.
I think this award is Landeskog's to lose. He's in the top of so many categories - games, goals, points, time on ice, game winners - and the categories he's not first in, he's still 2nd or 3rd.
You could make a case for Henrique pretty easily, but I think the 8 games he missed is going to cost him. He and Nugent-Hopkins have a much better PPG ratio, but all things considered, it's tough to see their contributions as being on par with Landeskog's.
I can see the argument for Read, but I think Henrique makes a much stronger case, so I wouldn't even bother.
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03-18-2012, 04:15 PM #3
Landy all the way!
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03-18-2012, 09:46 PM #4Hockey Advisor
Nuge is 2 points and 3 goals back of Landeskog right now.... with about 10 games to go. If he can take the lead in one of those categories, and stay really close in the other, I think he may win it. Even if he can stay very near the lead (as he is now) when you consider how many less games he played, he may still get a lot of votes.
The guy I didn't see on the list is Adam Larsson. Isn't he averging over 20 minutes a night? Not saying he should be the favorite, but I would think in the conversation.
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03-19-2012, 03:38 PM #5
My vote would be Landeskog.
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03-19-2012, 03:50 PM #6
Landeskog will probably win it, But i hope Henrique takes it
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03-19-2012, 04:28 PM #7
Landeskog - 74 GP, 47 P = 0.635 PPG
Henrique - 64 GP, 46 P = 0.719 PPG
Nugent Hopkins - 52 GP, 45 P = 0.865 PPG
Read - 69 GP, 41 P = 0.594 PPG
Looking at that, it seems to be a race between RNH and Henrique. I'd still like to see Hodgson in the mix, but he's really fallen off in Buffalo.
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03-19-2012, 08:37 PM #8
Coming to Buffalo was almost guaranteed to kill his chances, mostly because Ruff will play him with everyone under the sun except Vanek & Pominville.
I think Games Played has to be part of the equation, that's why I kind of wrote RNH off the ballot. Yes, his scoring pace is absurd for most veterans let alone a rookie, but the Calder is Rookie of the Year, not Rookie Scoring Leader of the Year (even though that IS the #1 consideration for forwards, unfortunately.)
Landeskog has brought everything there is to bring to the ice, and he's done it every game.
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03-19-2012, 11:04 PM #9
No, I get what you're saying and I'd normally agree, but I think those numbers keep him in the race. I agree Landeskog has a more rounded game and probably should win it, I just don't think RNH is out of contention. It's not like we're talking about a guy who's played 8 games.
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03-20-2012, 01:21 AM #10
I think it will either be Landeskog or Nugent-Hopkins. Unless someone gets extremely hot and gets up to 60 points, it will the lowest-scoring forwards for a Calder winner since 1998-99 when Chris Drury won it with 44 points. Usually if the Calder winner is a forward, they have scored at least 60 points.
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