Who is the league's best rookie UP TO NOW? (not who you think it will be at season's end)
I respect your opinion, but I disagree.Pettersson is going to win the Calder, but I think the award should go to Dahlin.
Pettersson is going to win the Calder, but I think the award should go to Dahlin.
Who is the league's best rookie UP TO NOW? (not who you think it will be at season's end)
I hear the NHL is renaming the trophy as the Pettersson Memorial Trophy. RIP.Well, Pettersson got assassinated by a brutal premeditated leg-lock, and died, so this thread is moot. Dahlin is all that matters, even if he wasn't the best so far.
Given Pettersson’s play so far, it should not.Pettersson is going to win the Calder, but I think the award should go to Dahlin.
Pettersson is going to win the Calder, but I think the award should go to Dahlin.
Genuinely curious as to why? Especially given the way the question was phrased in the OP, upto this point in the season, I can't see an argument for Dahlin given Pettersson's start.
Don't get it twisted in that I think Dahlin isn't a phenom alongside Heiskanen - those two are having the best rookie seasons by defenders in recent memory
On that note, even assuming Pettersson didn't exist, what separates Dahlin from a guy like Heiskanen, given their near-identical scoring paces and the latter's signigicantly higher ice time?
Rookie of the year should not only be the best statistical performance, it should regard the best performance taking into account age and talent.