Calder trophy busts

[MaxVerstappen33]

^ So you are implying Tier - Bust and you write Pettersons name down.

 

I don't believe there is one skill forward even close to a bust on the list. Scott Gomez isnt a skill forward

Edited November 15, 2021 by MaxVerstappen33

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7 hours ago, Kevin Biestra said:

Let's go back to 1970...

 

Tier 1 - 1st Ballot HOF Legends

 

Gil Perreault

Ken Dryden

Tony Esposito

Denis Potvin

Bryan Trottier

Mike Bossy

Ray Bourque

Peter Stastny

Dale Hawerchuk

Mario Lemieux

Luc Robitaille

Brian Leetch

Ed Belfour

Pavel Bure

Teemu Selanne

Martin Brodeur

Peter Forsberg

Alex Ovechkin

Evgeni Malkin

Patrick Kane

Nathan MacKinnon (probably)

Cale Makar (probably)

 

Tier 2 - Legends / Great Players / HOF Borderline

 

Joe Nieuwendyk

Bobby Smith

Steve Larmer

Tom Barrasso

Sergei Makarov

Daniel Alfredsson

Gary Suter

Artemi Panarin (probably tier 1 or 2)

Jonathan Huberdeau (probably tier 2 or 3)

 

Tier 3 - Rock Solid Excellent Careers

 

Chris Drury

Scott Gomez

Dany Heatley

Aaron Ekblad (probably)

Gabriel Landeskog

Evgeni Nabokov

Jeff Skinner (maybe borderline with tier 4)

Steve Mason (maybe borderline with tier 4)

Steve Vickers

 

Tier 4 - Decent to Solid NHLers

 

Eric Vail (top of this tier)

Willi Plett

Tyler Myers

Barret Jackman

Sergei Samsonov

 

Tier 5 - Middling NHL Career

 

Bryan Berard (top of this tier)

Andrew Raycroft (bottom of this tier)

 

Tier 6 - Doggy Doo

 

Nobody really.

 

Tier ? - Too Early To Know

 

Kirill Kaprizov

Elias Pettersson

Matthew Barzal

 

 

 

So...there really aren't many busts as Calder winners.  Once you've succeeded in the NHL at that level, there isn't much left to chance and development.  Tiers 4 and 5 are low achievers for Calder winners, and even they did fairly well.

 

 

Nice work with this!

I think Nabokov should be tier 2, though.

Amazingly athletic goaltender, won a ton of games, even scored a goal.