I was going to comment that I couldn’t see Power having a Calder level season but Buffalo’s top 2 lines are better than I expected, Power might be able to put up a decent season, I think Beniers and Johnson are heads above the others though just looking at who they might play with while not being on a top line ( especially KJ, he’ll most likely start in the middle 6 with very good linemates, as long as Beniers isn’t Seattle’s 1c, the competition shouldn’t be too tough for him )

I was surprised about it as well but the stats prove it. They were actually good somehow.

Right.
But probably a 2nd + something was
Much rather that

Call me crazy, but Bunting deserved to be the runner up. The Calder isn’t the “highest upside rookie” or “most impressive rookie with bonus points for being younger” award, it’s awarded to the player who had the best rookie season. And Bunting had the most points, and by FAR the most 5v5 points, and was eligible for the award by the rules. Yeah he ended the year on the top line in Toronto, which is arguably the best linemates you could ask for, but don’t forget he started on the 4th line and scored his way up the lineup to earn that job, stealing it from Nick Ritchie who was the guy they signed for that role, which is honestly more impressive than just sheltering a guy like Zegras with good linemates (or at least, pretty much as good as Anaheim could provide) off the hop and 82% ozone starts at 5v5 lol. And clearly (cough Nick Ritchie) not everyone can hang with elite players like that, so he did his job remarkably well.

What's this stat website name?

From the TOI stats it does look like Hughes had a rotating cast of partners, but it seems like OEL-Myers actually stayed pretty consistent (nearly a thousand minutes together).

Using expected goals does help a bit (better than actual goals in many cases, as that being better or worse than expected goals can be blamed on goaltending a lot of the time I think), but what this doesn’t account for is quality of opponent. McDonagh-Cernak would have almost certainly faced opponents’s top lines, whereas Hagg-Pysyk would have been played in a more sheltered role against bottom six lines in all likelihood. You’ll be happy to know that McDonagh-Cernak did finish with a better xGA/60 by the end of the year though (I think Juiceman’s screenshot must be from early in the season).

Thinking out loud about early candidates for the Calder: Kuzmenko, Beniers, Boldy, Power, Slafkovsky, Kent Johnson, Wright.

Personally, I'd go Beniers (winner), Boldy, Power (runners-up).

I think Power can come in and instantly be a #1 or #2 defender

Am I the only one who can turn on a player instantly?

I was really hoping that Poehling could eventually become a top 6 player with Montreal, but now that he's been traded to a rival in the Metro, mixed with him being an American, I really hope he busts.

A Montreal classic, like the guy on your team until he’s gone, then he sucks

not unique to montreal.

habs fans still like lehky and toffoli as far as i can tell. so i guess it depends on the player too.

I mean, it’s happened with Sergachev, Kk, people are now hating on Petry/Poehling, etc, it happens a lot in Montreal when a guy leaves

A Montreal classic, like the guy on your team until he’s gone, then he sucks

I mean, it’s happened with Sergachev, Kk, people are now hating on Petry/Poehling, etc, it happens a lot in Montreal when a guy leaves

Am I the only one who can turn on a player instantly?

I was really hoping that Poehling could eventually become a top 6 player with Montreal, but now that he's been traded to a rival in the Metro, mixed with him being an American, I really hope he busts.

Depends on the way things ended. I usually still like former Habs unless they were playing completely disinterested hockey , bad human beings or if they're Kotkaniemi.

I wish nothing but good fortune to Poehling & Petry

PLD attended the draft in Montreal with the expectation he will get traded to The Canadiens on draft night

Further on this, here's a quote from Basu :

"A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Athletic that Dubois attended the NHL Draft in Montreal because he believed a trade would be completed on the draft floor. As first reported by Radio-Canada’s Martin Leclerc, Montreal offered three players to the Jets in hopes of securing Dubois’ rights. You’ll recall that Montreal selected Slovak right winger Juraj Slafkovsky with the No. 1 pick and then acquired Kirby Dach from Chicago.

But Dach is not Montreal’s endgame. The Canadiens have continued their pursuit of Dubois since the draft."

i wonder if the jets found out that the habs were getting dach, so they wanted dach but the habs said no

On 32 Thoughts Friedman says the Leafs aren't going to be able to get Sandin signed at the same number as Liljegren. Thinks Sandin sees his value as closer to Adam Boqvist (who signed for $2.6M x 3).

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