Over the course of the past week the NHL has begun announcing the finalist for the 2019-20 NHL awards. Among the finalist were some old friends (John Tortorella and Alain Vigenault) for the Jack Adams Trophy, and our favorite Russian Rockette, Artemi Panarin for the Ted Lindsay Award. But a notable Ranger blue liner seemed to be missing from the nominations. First year standout Adam Fox was not named one of the three finalists for the Calder Trophy given to the NHL’s top rookie, a perceived snub.
Despite his exceptional freshman campaign, Fox did not seem to get the mainstream attention as fellow defensemen Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes, or as much as Chicago’s sniper Dominik Kubalik.