My oder would be:
4/5 Connor/MacAvoy
6 Gourde
7 Hischier
8 DeBrincat
9 Sergachev
10 Butcher
HM: Heinen, Dubois, DeBrusk
Great crop of rookies this year.
Calder Finalists: Barzal (NYI), Boeser (VAN), Keller (ARIZ).
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My oder would be:
4/5 Connor/MacAvoy
6 Gourde
7 Hischier
8 DeBrincat
9 Sergachev
10 Butcher
HM: Heinen, Dubois, DeBrusk
Great crop of rookies this year.
Sergei Shirokov
Registered User
Barzal clear winner. I'm glad Boeser wasn't overlooked, I think he's the clear #2. Injuries shouldn't take away from his season. For most of the year he was basically the only real challenger to Barzal. (Maybe McAvoy aswell? I thought he would have been top 3 although Connor/Keller really are both deserving too)
sabremike
Friend To All Giraffes And Lindy Ruff
Without Barzal the Islanders finish dead last in the league easy. The second half of the season the only time in just about every game the team had any sustained posession and didn't look like a tire fire was when him and his line were on the ice.
RandV
It's a wolf v2.0
After a slow start Connor had a very impressive finish, but his ranking was probably hurt in that he got to be the 3rd piece on Winnipeg's top line with Scheifele and Wheeler/Laine(?). Not to take away from his point totals, but Barzal, Boeser, and Keller were more of the driving force on their lines, same with McAvoy on defense.
Anyway's yeah this one is an obvious choice for Barzal. It's unfortunate that Boeser got taken out of the race early, but even then he was slowing down while Barzal kept it up right through the season. Like I may not be entirely accurate on this, but I think Boeser had roughly 20 goals through his first 30 games, then 10 goals through the next 30, or something like that.
Actually doing a quick search espn gives a game by game breakthrough per player:
Oct 2-7-9
Nov 11-5-16
Dec 8-5-13
Jan 3-3-6
Feb 5-5-10
Mar 0-1-1 (2 games)
Looking at Barzal he was pretty consistent start to finish, Boeser was neck and neck through 2017 but Barzal started pushing ahead in January.
Anyway's yeah this one is an obvious choice for Barzal. It's unfortunate that Boeser got taken out of the race early, but even then he was slowing down while Barzal kept it up right through the season. Like I may not be entirely accurate on this, but I think Boeser had roughly 20 goals through his first 30 games, then 10 goals through the next 30, or something like that.
Actually doing a quick search espn gives a game by game breakthrough per player:
Oct 2-7-9
Nov 11-5-16
Dec 8-5-13
Jan 3-3-6
Feb 5-5-10
Mar 0-1-1 (2 games)
Looking at Barzal he was pretty consistent start to finish, Boeser was neck and neck through 2017 but Barzal started pushing ahead in January.
With so much weight on his shoulders, Barzel won this award in October. Glad to see Boeser get a nomination, despite no weight on his shoulders.
Channelcat
Unhinged user
Should be renamed who puts up the most points on an awful team award. Gourde was a 25 goal scorer and was 3rd in the entire league in plus minus at +34, these 3 other bums were a combined -11.
PWJunior
Stay safe!
Good for him, only on the ice ES 33 less times his team scored a goal instead of giving one up compared to Gourde. Guy should win the Selke too.
PWJunior
Stay safe!
he's clearly the finest rookie we have ever seen. Perhaps they can simply drop the name "Calder" and start calling it the "Gord" er....."Gourde," or whatever the guys name is.
Warden of the North
Ned Stark's head
Its Barzal.
If Boeser hadnt been injured it would be extraordinarly hard to decide.
I like McAvoy for 3rd over Keller
If Boeser hadnt been injured it would be extraordinarly hard to decide.
I like McAvoy for 3rd over Keller
Ace of Hades
#Demko4Vezina
No weight on his shoulders? What on earth are you blabbering about?
Im glad Boeser got the nomination. Fully deserved and most impressive aside from Barzal.
Barzal won this in Feb.
Ace of Hades
#Demko4Vezina
Agreed.
The competition for the calder would be far tighter for Barzal if Boeser was healthy.
CodeE
step on snek
He's been doing it all year.
There's more I can't quote because the threads are locked.
SI90
Registered User
So you want to rename it the rookie “who puts up the best plus minus on a really good team” award ?
Gourde had a heck of a season but every lightning fan takes Barzal Keller Boeser Hischier Connor over him.
SI90
Registered User
Zippy316
aka Zippo
Anyone want to guess the order this ends up in after Barzal - Boeser?
Dubois, Hischier, MacAvoy, Connor, Butcher, Heinen, DeBrusk, Gourde, and Keller are likely all separated by very little points. I'd say DeBrusk and Heinen are towards the end just because MacAvoy siphons a lot of Boston votes away from them.
Dubois, Hischier, MacAvoy, Connor, Butcher, Heinen, DeBrusk, Gourde, and Keller are likely all separated by very little points. I'd say DeBrusk and Heinen are towards the end just because MacAvoy siphons a lot of Boston votes away from them.
Zippy316
aka Zippo
Dubois should be in that top 10. Probably won't because other guys put up more points, but he played #1C almost the entire year for the Blue Jackets. That means more to me than being able to put up points on a stacked team.
3. Keller
4. MacAvoy
5. Hischier
6. Connor
7. Dubois
8. Gourde
9. Butcher
10. DeBrincat
I'd accept the argument for any order of 5-6-7-8, but I think they're in their own tier.
CodeE
step on snek
It's a hysterical inside joke he shares with himself.
