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Can A Dman Win The Calder?
by Paul on 11/29/09 at 09:46 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
...And this year, the winner easily could be a forward again, be it John Tavares (Islanders), former University of New Hampshire standout James van Riemsdyk (Flyers), or Ryan O’Reilly (Avalanche).
Overall, this is the best rookie class in recent memory, and unless one of the aforementioned forwards runs off with point production, a few defensemen (arguably a harder position to master) will make the voting very interesting.
The Rangers have Michael Del Zotto, who has been leading first-year defensemen in scoring from the start of the season. Jason Demers has been a seamless addition on the back line in San Jose, where most of the attention goes to star forwards Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and Heatley.
And then there are two budding stars who one day could be Norris Trophy candidates: Tyler Myers in Buffalo and Victor Hedman in Tampa.
more and other hockey topics discussed…
Also not the above mentioned Jason Demers was sent to the minors yeaterday with Rob Blake ready to return to the Sharks lineup tonight.
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