Who will win the Calder this season?

[Jaska]

I think it's one of the two Swedes. I'm looking forward to Finland-Sweden matches in few years time, lot's of good players in those teams!

 

[ClarkBolzano]

He is as impressive, it's much harder to succeed as a rookie defenseman in the NHL at age 18!
Pettersson is a forward at age 19.

They are on par imo, but i believe the Calder usually goes to the offensive guy most of the time.
Dahlin has a case though, and will get some votes.

Pettersson is actually 20, did almost all season as 20 year old.

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

If the season ended today, Pettersson, Dahlin, Binnington, Heiskanen and Svechnikov would be my top 5.

 

[Halak Ness Monster]

The top 3 is Pettersson, Dahlin, Binnington.

Pettersson likely has it locked up.

Dahlin vs. Binny for 2nd could be interesting but I bet Dahlin finishes 2nd.

 

[Kcb12345]

What a shame heiskyboy isn't good enough to play powerplay yet

There's very few players in the NHL that could knock Klingberg off the top powerplay unit. Heiskanen should be up there though considering Klingberg has kinda sucked this season at times, but reputation will always win there. It's better and more impressive that Heiskanen produces more at 5v5 though. Powerplay is the easy part to work on, and the Stars powerplay in general needs work this season. No one has been good on it on that 1st unit, and we don't have the depth for a legit 2nd unit.

Not to mention his top defensive competitor for the Calder doesn't even play on the PK and gets wayy more PP time than Miro

 

[POVERTY]

I think Binnington should be a top 2 finish, only getting beat out by Pettersson. Sure the sample isn't huge, but a smaller sample also shows it only took him fewer games to hit his pretty respectable win total. When Binnington made his first start, STL was bottom 5 in the league.

Binnington
26 GS - 21W, 4L, 1OTL, 1.80 GAA, 0.930 SV%

Bishop (who I believe is a lock for 2nd place in Vezina)
43 GS - 26W, 15L, 2OTL, 2.05 GAA, 0.932SV%

 

[MrHeiskanen]

What a shame heiskyboy isn't good enough to play powerplay yet

Heiskanen plays PP, PK, and averages 2 minutes more than Dahlin per game

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Forget the Calder, Binnington should be up for the Hart!

21-4-1 are you kidding me??

Actually it's 21-0-0.

Blues losses don't count. What a streak.

 

[SuperScript29]

I think this is a lot closer than people think. Pettersson is having a good season, but he did cool off a bit. Dahlin is a year younger and has hit the 40+ point mark as a dman. He may steal a lot of those votes. I still have Pettersson winning it for now, but who knows how others see it.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

Great to see Heiskanen coming up huge the last two games! 2 clutch goals and back on my top 3

 

[Cancuks]

Binnington's age will factor against him. He's almost 26.

 

[Erebor]

And again, watching Dahlin "defending" the last 15-20 games, it underlines that right now Heiskanen is the better overall player than Dahlin.

 

[Slimmy]

And again, watching Dahlin "defending" the last 15-20 games, it underlines that right now Heiskanen is the better overall player than Dahlin.

No. No it does not.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

Binnington's age will factor against him. He's almost 26.

No, but games played will

 

[KingBran]

Binnington's age will factor against him. He's almost 26.

Cause it did for Panarin...

 

[Syan Ruter]

I truly believe Dahlin should win. I truly believe Petterson will win. The two other viable candidates are Heiskanen and Binnington, with a clear case for Binnington, but let's face it, for a goalie to knock Petterson off the top spot is near impossible.

 

[Dirty Dog]

And again, watching Dahlin "defending" the last 15-20 games, it underlines that right now Heiskanen is the better overall player than Dahlin.

Well if you said it, it must be true

 

[J T Money]

Dark horse would be Athony Cirelli. He's been an abolsute beast for Tampa and is a huge reason why our PK is top 2 in the league. Tons of short handed and clutch goals from him.

Still think it's Peterson's though.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

EP has the Calder locked up. My top 3:

1. Pettersson
2. Binnington
3. Dahlin

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Probably between the 2 Swedes. Dahlin or Pettersson.

 

[pled]

the lack of Cirelli fan for at least nomination surprise me

 

[Evanc23]

Binnington? Hes played 30 games

 

[swiftwin]

Brady Tkachuk is flying under the radar if he's not even showing up on people's top 5 lists. He's 2nd in points among rookies despite missing time to injury and he has as many even strength goals as Pettersson, but with significantly less ice time. Not to mention the "extracurriculars" he brings to the table.

 

[Marky9er]

Grand Rapids

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I remember when people said Klingberg lost to Ekblad because he only played 65 games because he started the year in the AHL for 10 games.

30 game Binnington just isn't enough games -- and the dude is 25.