2007 Calder Trophy Winner is.....?

[octopi]

Malkin, if he's in the NHL. I expect he'll eventually win it anyways, because he's going to be over at some point before age 25.

 

[veronesepk]

I think Radulovs getting bit to much hype these days. Im not convinced hes the next great russian, but he looks to me to be more like the next Brendl. Hopefully Im wrong but we'll see.

Malkin is the runaway favorite if he comes over. Without Malkin in the league, Patty O'Sullivan has a good shot at winning. Kopitar is my homer pick depending on the ice time he earns with the Kings.

What justifies him being the next Pavel Brendl?

 

[barfy2000]

Robbie Schremp was deemed by the U.S coaches at the World juniors to not be good enough to play on the top two lines of even that team, and not to be good enough to be one of the players not on the bench when he shortened his bench to 6 forwards. He was not even deemed to be one of the 6 best forwards on a U.S team that came only 4th at the World juniors. Yet you think he will win the Calder?

Well...he did almost make an Edmonton team last training camp that is currently 1 win away from being in the Stanley Cup Finals. I'd hope he improved even a little bit since last year.

 

[Dominator13]

That sounds painful.

ouch! but seriously Kostytsin showed signs last year of why he was drafted 10th back in 03, and playing with Koivu or Kovalev.. you never know, next year could be his year

 

[turnbuckle*]

LeNeveu
Kaigorodov
Kostitsyn
Fehr
Tambellini
Malkin
Olesz
Picard
Radulov
Zajac
Wolski
Schremp
O'Sullivan
Ryan
Johnson
Brule
Staal

 

[Legionnaire]

Im a homer so ill say Wolski. But seriously can you imagine Wolski playing with Svatos!

Playing with Svatos?

 

[Reaper45]

Anze Kopitar.

 

[Legionnaire]

LeNeveu
Kaigorodov
Kostitsyn
Fehr
Tambellini
Malkin

Picard
Radulov
Zajac
Wolski
Schremp
O'Sullivan
Ryan

Brule
Staal

Which Johnson?


Olesz is not eligible. Add Kopitar, Carle, Coburn and Eriksson as possible candidates.

 

[Legionnaire]

Toivonen is eligible.

http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html

To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played more than 25 games in any single preceding season nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding seasons in any major professional league. The player must not be older than 26 years before September 15 of the season in which he is eligible.

 

[Habsfan18]

Malkin (if he comes over)
Brule
Radulov

 

[inferno98]

Robbie Schremp was deemed by the U.S coaches at the World juniors to not be good enough to play on the top two lines of even that team, and not to be good enough to be one of the players not on the bench when he shortened his bench to 6 forwards. He was not even deemed to be one of the 6 best forwards on a U.S team that came only 4th at the World juniors. Yet you think he will win the Calder?

This could be due to the fact that he plays in the CHL I also heard they did the same with Bob Ryan who also plays in the CHL so you cant really base it off the fact that the coaches didnt like him.

 

[Rez]

Toivonen, O'Sullivan, or Kaigorodov.

 

[BuppY]

O'Sullivan

 

[Bam Beet*]

Playing with Svatos?

You know.... MAREK SVATOS.
He only scored 32 goals in 61 games. Oh wait he got injured so everybody must have forgot about him.

 

[Legionnaire]

You know.... MAREK SVATOS.
He only scored 32 goals in 61 games. Oh wait he got injured so everybody must have forgot about him.

I'm well aware of who he is. It's just that he's not even close to being the Av's best player. I would say something like, "Imagine him playing with Sakic or Tanguay" far before I'd say Svatos.

 

[Default101]

suprised O'Sullivan hasn't been meantioned till lately...

#1 - Evgeni Malkin
#2 - Gilbert Brule
#3 - Hannu Toivonen
#4 - Patrick O'Sullivan
#5 - Robbie Schremp

 

[rt]

LeNeveu

Interesting. If Cujo ends up missing alot of time with injury, and LeNeveu really shines, it is a possibility. Especially if Phoenix makes some shrewd acquisitions and ends up in the post season, next year.

 

[Legionnaire]

Interesting. If Cujo ends up missing alot of time with injury, and LeNeveu really shines, it is a possibility. Especially if Phoenix makes some shrewd acquisitions and ends up in the post season, next year.

Phoenix has a solid team. I'd say if Nagy had been healthy, they definitely would have been challenging for the playoffs.

LaNeuveu looked really sharp at times-and others he looked like a rookie. If he makes the same progress he did after his first season in the A next season in the NHL, he should be a contender for sure.

 

[s7ark]

I'm going off the board with my pick. Alexi Mikhnov

 

[Buffalo87]

If Malkin comes over, then Malkin easily. If he doesn't then I'm going to go with Brule.

 

[McLeod73]

Robbie Schremp was deemed by the U.S coaches at the World juniors to not be good enough to play on the top two lines of even that team, and not to be good enough to be one of the players not on the bench when he shortened his bench to 6 forwards. He was not even deemed to be one of the 6 best forwards on a U.S team that came only 4th at the World juniors. Yet you think he will win the Calder?

And that team came 4th.....perhaps they would have been higher if Schremp played more, one will never know.

 

[insider]

I'm going off the board with my pick. Alexi Mikhnov

nahh.... it's either Jesse Niinimaki or Dragan Umicevic

 

[gars59]

ouch! but seriously Kostytsin showed signs last year of why he was drafted 10th back in 03, and playing with Koivu or Kovalev.. you never know, next year could be his year

kostitsyn will have a similar rookie campagnais of higgins i think !!! imo that would be great

 

[RayLeeCharles]

What justifies him being the next Pavel Brendl?

Both were outstanding offensive players in juniors. Both have a questionable work ethic. Brendl in Calgary wasnt big on backchecking or playing D, cherry picker was a good description. The same can be said for Radulov in the games I have seen. The other thing I wonder is how many points hed have on a team that wasnt known to run up the score in the Q, thats not a reflection of the player just a curiousity I have. Like I said I hope hes not the next Brendl, only time will tell.

 

[chlebak]

Malkin. If he stay in Russia, winner will be Grabovskij