Quelques points à noter : j’ai omis Dostal. Je ne pense pas qu’il aura suffisamment de matchs d’ici la fin de l’année pour avoir une chance réaliste. Carlsson marque exactement au même rythme que Bédard, mais avec un pourcentage de tirs beaucoup plus élevé. Malheureusement, je crois qu’à la fin de l’année, les matchs joués joueront un rôle dans le vote. Mintyukov mène la course aux points, ce qui est probablement la partie la plus choquante. S’il peut continuer ainsi, cela le maintiendra dans la conversation. Je pense cependant que les chances sont contre lui. En tant que défenseur, la plupart de vos performances n’apparaîtront pas sur une feuille de statistiques et personne ne se connecte pour regarder les matchs des Ducks. La différence entre lui et Seider en ce qui concerne les votes est que les gens se connecteront aux six jeux originaux. Personne ne se connecte à un match des Ducks à 22 h 00 HNE. On peut dire sans risque de se tromper que ce fut un début de saison très surprenant et bienvenu !
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BroLil
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I can’t edit because the Reddit app sucks, but to add to Minty’s profile, he also leads in +/- by a landslide, and has yet to take a penalty.
Love to see it but the league will do everything in their power to make sure Bedard gets it, as long as he plays the full year bar injury
>Carlsson is scoring at the exact same rate as Bedard, but at a much higher shooting percentage.
Obviously this is early days here. But Bedard is going to pull ahead as Leo isn’t going to maintain 20%+ S%.
I think the case is way better for minty than leo. Doing what he is doing from the blueline at 19 is pretty impressive.
I’m just going to say it because it needs to be said: Mintyukov is the best defenseman of all time.
Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself. I just can’t believe how good that kid is. I’m unreasonably excited for his Ducks career.
If the Calder voting were completely objective and were done right now, Mintyukov would win handily. Unfortunately, it’s not, but let’s hope he can keep it up. When he inevitably loses the Calder to the anointed Bedard, let’s just smirk like we know something the rest of the NHL doesn’t rather than acting like entitled whiners as Detroit fans did every time someone dared put Zegras over Seider in any sort of rookie ranking.
What I’m impressed with is how Mintyukov is getting his points – from across the blue line! He’s not a rover, like Burns or Karlsson, who routinely abandon the point. Mintyukov just dances across the blue line to make his plays. Yes, he’ll pinch at times, but he doesn’t linger – just darts in and out. This is the way.
Glad we have three potential Calder candidates on our squad.
Ridly Greig in Ottawa is also tearing it up. 7 pts in 8 games.
[Top 10 rookies on NHL.com](https://i.imgur.com/uZjYacf.png)
If Minty keeps his points up and keeps playing big minutes in all situations he will at least get a nomination. Whether he wins in that scenario depends if someone like Bedard or Cooley puts up huge numbers that can’t be denied. But through the first ten games, Minty is an easy top 3 rookie so far and arguably the best in the league.
No chance the NHL won’t give the Calder to Bedard. It’ll have to be an undeniable season by someone else (see Ovi over Sid) for Bedard to lose it
Bedard is the NHLs next cashcow. Way she goes
It’s a little weird that Bedard has 4 G 2 A in 9 games, but he’s a -5!