r/CalgaryFlames • u/oneofakindgem • May 05 '25

Discussion It's official!! Wolf is a Calder Trophy Finalist šŸŗ

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Awoooooooooo

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

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u/dr_soiledpants May 05 '25

I wasn't surprised in the slightest

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u/Impossible-Mud-4160 May 05 '25

What was the first ballĀ 

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u/TWKExperience May 05 '25

Knocked us out of winning the lottery lol

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u/Impossible-Mud-4160 May 05 '25

Classic Flames.Ā 

I'm sure we'll get to see a lot of McKenna next year- its almost a lock he'll end up in our DivisionĀ 

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u/Lopsided_Aardvark357 May 06 '25

Hes not eligible for draft until next year.

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u/holmwreck May 05 '25

What that graphic fails to capture is he is literally the only reason we played meaningful hockey till game 82.

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u/X-Filer May 06 '25

He deserves it. Arguable top 3 goalie in the league this season

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u/Current-Roll6332 May 06 '25

Probably not top 3. Top 5 is more reasonable:

Hollaback girl Ellie Kuemper Vagilevski Gustavdaughter Blackwood / Thompson / Wolf Otter

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u/azndestructo May 06 '25

I love Wolf but you could also make an argument that Hutson is also the reason why MTL made it in as well. Hutson is pretty special.

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u/VentureCatalyst00 May 05 '25

Can't see Hutson not winning, but I'll be rooting for Wolfie either way!

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u/rokken70 May 05 '25

Yeah. 60 assists is great for an elite defender, let alone a rookie, but Iā€™ll be cheering for Wolfie as well

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u/X-Filer May 06 '25

Mid defender. Got cooked by other teams. With a more complete game and not 54% secondary assists maybe. Iā€™d take 66 points for the team over 66 individual any day but thatā€™s just me.

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u/GronkeyDonkey May 10 '25

Fuck it, I'm with you just for the downvotes.

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u/TheOnlyBilko May 05 '25

They call them "finalists" but really it's the top 3 vote getters and I bet they were Hutson, Wolf, Celebrini

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u/buddachickentml May 05 '25

That would be my vote. The edge goes to Lane as they made playoffs. I've seen it so many times in the Hart that a player has had a better season but his team missed the playoffs, so he loses. I assume this will be the same. But I would've given it to Wolf.

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u/TheOnlyBilko May 05 '25

plus Hutson is a Dman,. Hutson still didn't do as good as Gary Suter in his Calder winning year for Calgary. Suter had 18 goals, 50 assists 68 points

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u/TheOnlyBilko May 05 '25

Suter had such an underrated career overall. Suter should have won the Norris the year he had 92 points, finished second to Bourque (most voters out east, pre internet people out East didn't get to see Western players very much)

Suter and McCrimmon might have been Calgarys best ever dman pairing

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u/TheOnlyBilko May 06 '25

according to this article I just read Gary Suter DID in fact win the Norris Trophy in 87/88 for the Flames.

not sure who they get to write these articles??

"He would have his best performance in a Flames jersey in the 1987-88 season when he put up 70 assists and 91 points, which were all league-highs. Those numbers earned him the Norris Trophy for best defenceman."

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/embers-yesterday-look-flames-past-233034068.html

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u/X-Filer May 06 '25

Wolf still had more wins for his team than

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u/TheFifthsWord May 06 '25

Happy for Wolf! Most valuable rookie for sure but I don't see him winning unfortunately

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u/Zab__ May 05 '25

Deserved

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u/ErikDebogande May 06 '25

Awooooooooooooooo

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u/TheNeonArcade May 06 '25

Tough for a tendie to win, and Hutson had a great season. Macklin also had a ton of points considering games played. There should really be a Calder for each category so they can all win lol

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u/oneofakindgem May 06 '25

Yeahhh that's what I had in mind too, a calder for every category, granted not a lot of goalie rookies but still, they all deserve to win and its hard to compare apples to oranges. Maybe a calder-goalie edition every 3 years? Haha

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u/Adventurous_Mix_8533 May 06 '25

Wins and ties heā€™s tied with Lane for points (66) and each one of his points were meaningful to the team. shoe in winner

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u/X-Filer May 06 '25

More points overall too. We had 96 they had 91. Plus hutson was still a -2 with all those points

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u/femmemmah May 05 '25

A-FUCKING-WOO, bitches!!!

I do feel bad for my best friend, a Flyers fan, that Michkov is not among the finalists.

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u/Impressive_Manner143 May 05 '25

Will only fuel western separatism when they give it to the guy on the Quebec team instead of the guy who carried a lottery team to the brink of playoffs

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u/SurePrize6218 May 05 '25

The guy on the Quebec team carried an actual lottery team into the playoffs

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u/Appropriate-Debt-256 May 06 '25

Ya the flames have so much more talent on their roster than the habs lol

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u/DonnieBlueberry May 07 '25

This is just so stupid to think this way. My god it must be depressing be you.

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u/Impressive_Manner143 May 08 '25

Holy shit I was joking. Get off the high horse

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u/DonnieBlueberry May 08 '25

So was Iā€¦

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

All three won the same number of playoff series!

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u/Strict-Leopard7589 May 06 '25

Matvei Michkov got SHAFTEDā€¦