2018 Calder Trophy - Mathew Barzal

[SniperHF]

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[Summer Rose]

Just a friendly reminder that the pick used to select Barzal was traded by the Oilers for Griffin Reinhardt.

 

[Ainec]

cool

 

[Beerfish]

Just a friendly reminder that the pick used to select Barzal was traded by the Oilers for Griffin Reinhardt.

No much worse than that, the oilers also gave up the 33rd pick overall in that deal in which the islanders parlayed into Anthony Beuvillier. And if the oilers did not take Barzal? There was a HOST of other great players they could have taken.

Worse trade in the history of the oilers imo and chia himself has about 3 in the running in his short time here.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Best rookie performance since Malkin. Wow .

 

[Mats13]

No much worse than that, the oilers also gave up the 33rd pick overall in that deal in which the islanders parlayed into Anthony Beuvillier. And if the oilers did not take Barzal? There was a HOST of other great players they could have taken.

Worse trade in the history of the oilers imo and chia himself has about 3 in the running in his short time here.

You do know that the Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, right?

 

[boredmale]

All I have to ask is who are the 4 voters who didn't vote Barzal 1st, even bigger question is which idiot voted him 3rd?

 

[Bood12]

You do know that the Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, right?

and they won the Cup a year after the trade

 

[PensandCaps]

Best rookie performance since Malkin. Wow .

Really amazing. Although Stastny and Kane had great rookie years too that approach this. But after those two, I can't think of anyone else....Barzal will be an elite player for a long time. I don't get how he went 16th in the draft. Everyone knew that he was this good.

 

[SI90]

Just sucks that he’s goinf to take a HUGE step back next year.

 

[CodeE]

*pretends to be shocked*

 

[Skolman]

Crazy that the Bruins had 3 opportunities to draft this kid? Will that be brought up again in this thread? No, because the Oilers obsession.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Well deserved.

As a Canucks fan I obviously wanted Boeser to win (sucks that he got injured) but Barzal was the obvious winner for a long time.

Congrats Barzal. You proved a lot of and I mean lot of people wrong.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Congrats to Barzal, for all the stat buffs out there, this is an excellent read:

Mathew Barzal: The Center Behind John Tavares

Now. Before all you Saltwater Creatures infiltrate the thread and talk about how he was "sheltered" and "teams will adjust", this debunks that BS.

Also interesting, historically speaking, Calder winners have maintained a high level of play and some have elevated themselves to superstar status, this idea that #13 is some kind of flash in a pan is pure comedy.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Best Calder winner/year since Malkin won it in 2007. Well done Mathew Barzal!

 

[Bounces R Way]

Duh.

Incredible season out of #13. Going to be a special player for a long long time. Just thinks the game at an elite level.

 

[Cquant]

All I have to ask is who are the 4 voters who didn't vote Barzal 1st, even bigger question is which idiot voted him 3rd?

Someone who hates the New York Islanders
Barzal is an amazing talent. Let's hope he doesn't go through a sophomore slump. (Or does, depending on who you root for)

 

[DarkHorse2]

Just a friendly reminder that the pick used to select Barzal was traded by the Oilers for Griffin Reinhardt.

The question is which is worse:

• Trading the pick that became Calder Trophy winner Mat Barzal for Griffin Reinhart
  or
• Trading Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson

 

[Summer Rose]

The question is which is worse:

• Trading the pick that became Calder Trophy winner Mat Baral for Griffin Reinhart
  or
• Trading Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson

Yes.

 

[Instant]

The question is which is worse:

• Trading the pick that became Calder Trophy winner Mat Barzal for Griffin Reinhart
  or
• Trading Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson

Yikes.

 

[Kuz]

Just think about how good the Bruins could have been if they took the consensus picks that year. Add Barzal and Connor and Bruins would be more than a 1 line team. DeBrusk have done fine so far at least. Zboril was rated around where they took him I guess, but Chabot looks like the better pick.

 

[Godzilla]

Just sucks that he’s goinf to take a HUGE step back next year.

Yeah, bummer. He wont win the Calder.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

I'm a big Boeser fan, but I'll say that any #1 vote for him was a mockery of the voting process... and whomever voted for Gourde should just turn in their accreditation.

 

[Hunter368]

Best rookie in 10+ years, congrats NYI fans.

 

[Frank Drebin]

They need him to step up, with tavares signing in Toronto this off season.