Does Sydney Crosby have a better chance at winning the Calder trophy than Phaneuf or Lundquist?
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Good point, this rookie class this year was the best for a long while. The Calder Trophy is given to "the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." \n\nIn my opinion, Crosby should be second best for a couple reasons. \n\n1) He was one of 7 players that reached 100 points this season, and keep in mind that he played 131 minutes less than Ovechkin throughout the whole season, more than two games. \n2) Each player did not have as great a supporting cast as Lundquist and Phaneuf, who excelled with teams including Jagr, Straka, Iginla and Kiprusoff. \n\nCrosby was labelled the whole year as the next Gretzky, facing the best defenders every night. Veterens got udner his skin, he often lost his temper, and was on one of the worst teams in the NHL playing in the worst arena in the NHL, but still managed to produce. \n\nCrosby definately deserves to be the second best rookie.\n\nHope that helps.
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well there are four in the league who could be rookie of the year.Alexander ovechkin,sidney Crosby,Petr Prucha,and Henrik lundquist.1st place should be Ovechkin,2nd crosby,3 place lundquist,4th Prucha because he has an injury so he might not play for a long time.
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It's make or break for the Pens.  Their season is either over tonight or they steal 2 points and move forward.  Sid should have a strong game.
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Smytty, hands down. The guy takes a Pronger shot off the mouth, loses 3 teeth, gets multiple stiches and still has the guts to assist on the game winning goal!!!\n\nTHE MULLET ROCKS!!!
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Um first its "Giguere".  Secondly, I sure hope not. He's not doing very well, and Bryz is doing much better.  If we want to win, the Ducks need to rely on the better of the 2 goaltenders, which is Bryzgalov.\n\nI like Giguere, but if he's not 100 percent, why risk losing just because he's the #1 goaltender?\n\nSo to answer your question:\n\nNO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO! PLEASE... NO!
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Crosby, Ovechkin, and Luc Robitaille for sure. I think also Rick Nash and Ilya Kovalchuk, and maybe Dany Heatley
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No one is the new captian. There is going to be three alternates, in respect to Lemiuex. Rumor is Crosby may be named it next year
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I say Erik Johnson if the Blues don't take him.  He is the consensus #1 prospect this year and would give us a legitimate blue-chip prospect on defense to compliment Crosby, Malkin, Whitney, Welch, and Fleury.  \n\nIf he's gone by the 2nd pick, which is very likely, I say we take Kessel.  The next several prospects ranked below EJ are Kessel, Staal, Toews, and Backstrom.  For these guys, their is no consensus on who is going to be better than who.  They are ALL centers and that is a problem for us--we have Crosby, Malkin, and Malone already with Christensen and Stone in the pipeline. We have to decide out of these possible draftees the one we think will project into a NHL winger the best.  The answer, in that case, is Kessel--his speed and shot would make him a good choice at wing.  His success is mainly from his physical talent, rather than hockey sense.  He is a very risky, but very high reward prospect. He could turn into the poor man's Pavel Bure or as easily become the next Alexandre Daigle. \n\nSupposedly, Mark Malone, the head scout, is really high on Jordan Staal--the third of the Staal brothers.  From what little video I've seen of him, I just don't find him all that impressive.  He doesn't remind me of Eric that much, but who knows, the bloodline is definitely there.\n\nJonathan Toews (pronounced Taves), is probably a good guy to take if you want the "safest" pick.  If he doesn't pan out at  his natural position of center, or even as a winger, his two-way game and grit can make him a good third-liner as well.\n\nBackstrom, a Swedish prospect playing in the SEL, is the oldest of the bunch and has been called the "next Forsberg".  I don't know much about him, but he would probably be the most NHL ready, as he is already playing against grown men. He is supposedly under contract with his SEL team for another two years though.
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Henrik Lundqvist - Sizzlin'\nOhno a close 2nd for sure.
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I truly don't think he's either one. Gretzky was one of a kind, and Lemieux was the best pure goal scorer ever to play the game. Crosby's good, he's tough, but he's not in the class of Gretzky, Lemieux and, I'll add, Bobby Orr.
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Buffalo. They aren't losing any key player's and Ryan Miller is goingto be one year more mature, They lost key defenseman during the playoffs, which hurt them.  Think about Carolina's match to the Stanley Cup, Koivu gets hurt, 4 main defensmen unjured in Buffalo, then Roloson gets knocked out-that's the way it goes, but I don't think Carolina would be where they are without 'dumb luck'
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This is a very good question. I am not even a Leaf fan and can tell you he's useless. At least that Belak guy can fight and play forward if he has to. Berg is a big guy, who plays like he's 4'11". Everytime, and I mean everytime, he gets the puck he either ices it or turns it over.
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Easy.  The Avs got the best of the deal.  Simply put, you don't trade away a quality defenseman for a forward, especially in the new NHL.  Besides, Tanguay's numbers will suffer significantly in Calgary's defensive minded structure.
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I would go with Ryan Miller.  Buffalo is on a tear right now getting ready for the playoffs.  He just had a shutout the other night and the team is playing well right now.
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Maholm, not so sure.\n\nDuke definitely. Duke is better than his stats show. For the beginning of this season, his manager has tried to improve his stance and throwing form for better control. So far, its been a roller coaster ride. Honestly, i dont know why he is doing this considering how great duke was last year.\n\nWe will truly know if they have a future once the pirates get a whole lot better, or they are dealt to a decent team.
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Justin Morneau is just better,  if you look at the way his season went this year it is no surprise that he won it. Derek Jeter was consistent this year but how can you not be on the Yankees... they have such a good team that it ups everybodies stats on the team. Morneau wasn't on a very good team, and without Morneau, Minnesota probably wouldn't even have made the playoffs. He had around 40 more home runs and about 20 more RBI so his stats are better than Jeters. Justin Morneau was the better player this year, and he deserved to win the al  MVP by alot more than 16 points...
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None so far, but Mike Holmgrem can be the first ever if his 'Hawks defeat the Steelers, because he already won it all with the Packers. But I don't think he will beat the Steelers.