Re: ROOS LETS LOOSE POLL: Calder Nominees
Originally Posted by
Rylant
I don't think anybody is "upset", just pointing out that they don't think he should be there and that the system is flawed. That is worthy of this conversation.
Rylant
I think it's more the team he plays for is influencing the idea that the system is flawed. It's been flawed for a while but because Bunting is a Leaf, and on the edge of eligibility, it's brought more voices to the forefront. No one questioned the ages to the degree they are now the last 2 Calder yrs which included 2 older rookies (Kaprizov and Binnington). But because it's a Leaf this yr, those eyes on the eligibility rules gets ramped up.
I think it's a larger issue that can't easily be rewritten because the NHL CBA's and definitions has a rookie as 25and younger as of Sept 15th of the season. There's a lot of other stuff locked around those rules, and if the trophy is "Rookie of the Year", then you can have to tie it to the CBA definition of rookie.
You can rewrite the Calder Trophy to the most outstanding U20 yr old I guess? Call it the Most Outstanding Junior NHL Player. But you couldn't keep it the ROTY trophy and easily change the definition of rookie.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
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W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
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