Last season Andrei Svechnikov was among the favorites to win the Calder Trophy only to be beaten out by Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson. This season the Carolina Hurricanes have another great Candidate for the Trophy given “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League” in the form of Martin Necas.
Originally drafted as a center, Necas has since moved to the wing and perfected his play there last season with the Charlotte Checkers. There he had a stellar season racking up 16 goals and 36 assists in the regular season and five goals and eight assists in the playoffs helping take his team to the Calder Cup Finals and win it all.