The NHL is announcing the finalists for all of the major individual awards over the next two weeks. As they leak out, we're going to break the races down and try to figure out whether the voters ultimately got the picks right. 

We've already worked our way through the Norris and Vezina Trophy lists. Now it's time to unpack the nuances of the Calder conversation. The top three rookies as deemed by voters were Moritz Seider, Trevor Zegras and Michael Bunting. Let's take a brief break from the current playoff programming to reflect on all of it.

Moritz Seider

When you consider the degree of difficulty of his job, what Seider accomplished this season was truly remarkable. He chewed up a tonne of minutes, leading the Red Wings in ice time at both 5-on-5 and across all situations. His most frequent