CalderTrophy Archives - The Rink https://www.the-rink.com/tag/caldertrophy/ Chicago Blackhawks and NHL Salary Cap Information Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:23:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.the-rink.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-FavIcon_v3.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CalderTrophy Archives - The Rink https://www.the-rink.com/tag/caldertrophy/ 32 32 136660061 Blackhawks’ Kubalik takes third in Calder Trophy voting https://www.the-rink.com/blackhawks-kubalik-takes-third-in-calder-trophy-voting/ https://www.the-rink.com/blackhawks-kubalik-takes-third-in-calder-trophy-voting/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:23:40 +0000 https://www.the-rink.com/?p=18039 The NHL held their awards announcement show tonight to name the Hart, Ted Lindsey, Calder and Vezina trophies. Following a significantly below average season from the Blackhawks one player took... Read more »

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]]> The NHL held their awards announcement show tonight to name the Hart, Ted Lindsey, Calder and Vezina trophies. Following a significantly below average season from the Blackhawks one player took a top three spot in the voting for Calder Trophy for the NHL rookie of the year.

Rookie sensation and pending restricted free agent Dominik Kubalik took third place behind winner Cale Makar, from Colorado, and runner up Quinn Hughes, from Vancouver. Kubalik didn’t receive any first place votes, but he did get two second and 75 third place votes. These are the final voting results:

Kubalik was acquired from the Los Angeles Kings on January 24, 2019, for a 2019 fifth round pick in the NHL entry draft after he won the scoring title in the Swiss National League with 57 points (25 goals, 32 assists) in 50 games. He made the Blackhawks out of training camp, last October, and went on to score 46 points (30 goals, 16 assists) in 68 games, winning the rookie of the month honors in January. During the Blackhawks unexpected postseason appearance, he added eight points (four goals, four assists) in nine games.

Arguably, one of the most important jobs for Stan Bowman during this upcoming condensed offseason is getting Kubalik re-signed to an affordable contract so that they can also sign a starting goalie and, potentially, extend some more of their depth players like Drake Caggiula and Slater Koekkoek.

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]]> https://www.the-rink.com/blackhawks-kubalik-takes-third-in-calder-trophy-voting/feed/ 0 18039 Blackhawks’ Dominik Kubalik named Calder Trophy finalist https://www.the-rink.com/blackhawks-dominik-kubalik-named-calder-trophy-finalist/ https://www.the-rink.com/blackhawks-dominik-kubalik-named-calder-trophy-finalist/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:46:25 +0000 https://www.the-rink.com/?p=17406 The NHL announced their three finalists for the 2019-20 Calder Trophy, awarded to the player voted as the rookie of the year, and Blackhawks left wing Dominik Kubalik was included... Read more »

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]]> The NHL announced their three finalists for the 2019-20 Calder Trophy, awarded to the player voted as the rookie of the year, and Blackhawks left wing Dominik Kubalik was included as a finalist.

Kubalik was acquired from the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 24, 2019 in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in the 2019 NHL draft (previously acquired from the Arizona Coyotes) after it became clear that he would not be signing an entry-level contract with the Kings and the team would lose his rights. Kubalik was a 2013 seventh-round draft pick of Los Angeles but failed to participate in any of their prospect camps and had played several seasons with Ambrì Piotta and HC Plzen of the Czech Extraliga. Prior to that, he played for the Sudbury Wolves and Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons.

The 24-year-old Kubalik had a great rookie season with the Blackhawks, ranking third on the team in scoring behind Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews with 46 points (30 goals, 16 assists) in 68 games. Kubalik ranked third overall in points as a rookie behind Vancouver defenseman Quinn Hughes and Colorado defenseman Cale Makar and led all rookies with his 30 goals.

He is scheduled to become a restricted free agent in mid-October following the completion of the playoffs and the NHL Entry Draft, which will add a whole new level of complexity to the Blackhawks cap problems.

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