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2022 Calder Trophy Finalists Announced

May 11, 2022 at 9:33 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 14 Comments

The NHL has continued to release the finalists for their major regular season awards, this time giving us the top Calder Trophy candidates. This award is given to the top first-year player in the league and is voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

The finalists are Moritz Seider of the Detroit Red Wings, Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks, and Michael Bunting of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Seider, 21, was an absolute workhorse for the Red Wings from the moment he hit the ice this season, playing as a true rookie by making his debut and playing in all 82 games. The sixth-overall pick from 2019 appears to be a future superstar, with the ability to create positive effects in basically every facet of the game. He’s big–6’4″ 203lbs–fast, skilled, and confident, immediately grabbing hold of the Detroit blue line as if it had belonged to him for years. With 50 points, he tied Cale Makar for the second-highest scoring rookie season from a defenseman since 1993 (Quinn Hughes is first with 53). Adding in 151 hits, 161 blocks, and nearly two minutes of short-handed time every night shows just how well-rounded the young defender is.

Zegras, 21, is arguably the most exciting and highlight-worthy young player in the game, routinely doing things that have rarely been seen before. While he did play in 24 games last season, he retained his rookie eligibility and showed what he could do over a full year, potting 23 goals and 61 points in 75 games. The Ducks forward is the centerpiece of the next wave in Anaheim and will likely only get better as he matures in the center ice position. There’s no doubt that Zegras can do it all offensively, and his appearance at the NHL All-Star festivities even without being selected to play in the game show just how high his star will rise.

Bunting, 26, is a much different story than the other two. There was no early stardom bestowed on the 2014 fourth-round pick, as he toiled away in the Arizona Coyotes minor league system. It was after a 21-game showing at the end of the 2020-21 season that he caught the eye of the Maple Leafs, who signed him as a Group VI unrestricted free agent and proceeded to put him on a line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Bunting’s agitating, in-your-face style fit perfectly with the two offensive juggernauts, and it resulted in 23 goals and 63 points for the Toronto rookie. Bunting led the rookie scoring race by two points over Zegras (in four more games) but also has more than five years on his first-year counterpart.

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  1. Mikey Rags

    1 year ago

    Seider by a mile

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  2. JayHeck2158

    1 year ago

    And why not Lucas Raymond? Just another example as to how the NHL HATES the Red Wings. Betman and his cronies re the worst.

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    • Tribucks

      1 year ago

      Yes, they hate them so much they nominated one for the award.

      Please tell me this was sarcasm.

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    • Johnny Z

      1 year ago

      They did cheat Jimmy Howard out of the running when he was a 26 yo rookie.

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    • 0-3

      1 year ago

      so you’re complaining about not having 2 of the 3 nomination spots when Raymond had less points than both nominated forwards?

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    • dugdog83

      1 year ago

      He’s saying Raymond should have been a finalist over Bunting. Raymond had only 6 less points than Bunting, who plays on and all star team and is 46 years old.

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  3. Tribucks

    1 year ago

    I think what 18-year old Cole Sillinger did in Columbus is pretty damned impressive by itself. They can have their Calder.

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  4. DarkSide830

    1 year ago

    Zegras

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    • Artem99

      1 year ago

      No

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    • itsmeheyhi

      1 year ago

      Zegras

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    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      I totally tuned out and was going to type more lol

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  5. Nha Trang

    1 year ago

    Pfft, they didn’t nominate Swayman.

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  6. nickolai

    1 year ago

    Seider by a long shot. More valuable, well rounded, and had 50 points as a defenseman.

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  7. Darryl Rose

    1 year ago

    Seider. It won’t be close.

    Grampie from Toronto will finish third.

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