NHL Award Predictions 2024: Picks for Presidents Trophy, Hart Trophy, Rookie of the Year, and more When is the NHL Draft? The 2025 NHL Draft will take place in the summer of 2025, but no date has been set yet. When do the NHL playoffs start? The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs are tentati...
Calder Memorial Trophy: Given to the player considered the Rookie of the Year. It is rare for an NHL player to come out of nowhere to capture this award, as it often goes to a much-heralded prospect who was a very high draft pick. James Norris Memorial Trophy: Given to the player rec...
They had a defensive structure that saw them limit some of the game's most talented players to zero points in the playoffs, as well as the depth that saw players like goaltender Adin Hill go from being a member of the regular-season rotation to one of the main reasons fo...
actually," MacKinnon quickly corrected. The Avs didn't win either -- an overtime loss to the Wild in MacKinnon's rookie season, and a 3-2 loss to San Jose in last year's second round -- and you can tell both games still
Players who are projected to lose rookie status over the course of this season or have spent the bulk of the season on the NHL roster were also removed from consideration (i.e. Arizona Coyotes forward Barrett Hayton, who has not yet crossed the games-played threshold ...
All could be in the running for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL rookie of the year.The not-so-obvious candidates among rookies are Rangers defenseman K'Andre Miller, San Jose Sharks forward John Leonard and Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nicholas Robertson. Miller will start the season on...
creative and highly skilled style of play. Crosby’s rookie year was the first NHL season to be played under the wholesale rule changes designed to make the game faster and more open after the ’04–05 lockout. The current generation of highlight-making stars—Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews...
I can still remember with distinct clarity the moment he was drafter in 2013 and how immediately I felt that he’d do well here under the tutelage of the Sedins. In Vancouver, we got to witness Bo grow from a promising rookie to a player following in the footsteps of Henrik and Daniel...
the former Michigan Wolverine could tally 50 this season, plus 40 or so assists. As for who might line up next to Connor, rookie Cole Perfetti intrigues as a sleepy fantasy rookie with surging upside. The dynasty league gem will fall into a point-per-game pace at some point ...
. For years, the Kingston Frontenacs center was projected to be this draft's top prospect. He was just the sixth player to ever be granted exceptional status in the OHL and put up 39 goals and 66 points in 58 games as a 15-year-old freshman en route to winning rookie of the...