With the Stanley Cup Playoffs shifting alongside, the NHL is constant the method of saying the finalists for every of its main awards for the 2024-25 season.
Throughout the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery, the league introduced the finalists for the Calder Trophy, which honors the highest rookie. The three finalists for the glory are Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks), Lane Hutson (Montreal Canadiens) and Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames).
Hutson grew to become simply the fourth defenseman within the fashionable period (since 1943-44) to steer all rookies in factors (66). He joined Bobby Orr (41), Brian Leetch (71) and Quinn Hughes (53) as the one blue-liners to earn that honor. His 60 assists matched Larry Murphy (Kings, 1980-81) for the assists by a rookie defenseman in NHL historical past. If he wins the Calder Trophy, he’d change into the third Canadiens participant to win the award within the growth period (since 1967-68) together with Brendan Gallagher (2012-13) and Ken Dryden (1971-72).
The league additionally not too long ago introduced the finalists for the Selke Trophy, which honors the highest defensive ahead. The three finalists for the award are Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers), Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers).
Barkov might be searching for the third Selke Trophy of his profession after incomes the glory for his efficiency in 2023-24. The Panthers star, who’s a finalist for the fourth time prior to now 5 seasons, helped the Panthers rank among the many NHL’s prime 10 in goals-against per contest (seventh, 2.72), whereas additionally rating tenth with an 80.7% penalty-killing proportion.
Barkov additionally blocked 54 photographs, whereas allotting 87 hits through the common season. If he wins the award, he’d change into simply the fourth participant to perform the feat in back-to-back seasons together with Patrice Bergeron, Pavel Datsyuk, and Rod Brind’Amour.
The rest of the NHL Awards might be introduced every day by mid-Could. The 2025 NHL Awards will happen in June 2025, however a precise date has but to be introduced.
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy is awarded “to the goaltender adjudged to be one of the best at his place.”
Norris Trophy
The Norris Trophy is given to “the defensive participant who demonstrates all through the season the best all-round means within the place.”
Ted Lindsay Award
The Ted Lindsay Award is yearly awarded to “essentially the most excellent participant within the NHL.”
Hart Trophy
The Hart Trophy is given “to the participant adjudged to be essentially the most beneficial to his staff.”
Selke Trophy
The Selke Trophy is awarded to “the ahead who finest excels within the defensive features of the sport.”
- Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
- Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)
Jack Adams Award
The Jack Adams Award is given to the pinnacle coach that “contributed essentially the most to his staff’s success.”
- Scott Arniel (Winnipeg Jets)
- Spencer Carbery (Washington Capitals)
- Martin St. Louis (Montreal Canadiens)
Invoice Masterton Memorial Trophy
The Masterton Trophy is awarded to “the participant who finest exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.”
Girl Byng Trophy
The Girl Byng Trophy is yearly award “to the participant adjudged to have exhibited one of the best kind of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct mixed with a excessive customary of enjoying means.”
Calder Trophy
The Calder Trophy is given to “the participant chosen as essentially the most proficient in his first yr of competitors.”
- Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks)
- Lane Hutson (Montreal Canadiens)
- Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames)
