With several of the top picks from the 2013 NHL draft looking to promptly crack their organization’s top roster, the pool of candidates for the 2013-14 Calder Trophy promises to be one of the deeper and more intriguing of recent years.
In the months leading up to the draft, the big three of Nathan MacKinnon, Seth Jones and Jonathan Drouin did not generate heaps of headlines by happenstance. They all have the means to remain on the radar without interruption and start making news between the dashers without delay.
The top troika of new North American skaters has bountiful company in the Calder quest, though, whether it is from their own draft class or other incoming NHL freshmen.
As the league’s website states on the top rookie trophy’s web page, “To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played more than 25 games in any single preceding season nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding seasons in any major professional league.”
That rules out several otherwise intriguing up-and-coming stars, such as Buffalo forward Mihkail Grigorenko (25 games in 2012-13) and Ottawa goaltender Robin Le ...
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