What would surprise you more, him finishing 1st place, or 3rd?
3rd, for sure.
Durability...readiness...completeness...difficulty of defense versus offense...an innate dislike of Chicago tanking and previously sheltering a sexual predator... dumping Corey Perry for a yet-undisclosed transgression.... these are the kinds of things the pencil-sucking hockey journalists may consider in voting for the Calder Trophy.
So, I expect a Bedard win (and that's fine, he's good) but Faber finishing first would show that people are actually watching the Wild (a new thing).