The NHL announced today that Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov, Dallas Stars forward Jason Robertson and Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic are finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy.
Did New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin get snubbed?
Igor Shesterkin had a Calder worthy season
In 2020-21, Igor Shesterkin made 35 appearances winning 16 games. The 25 year-old was tied for 7th in the NHL in SV% (.916), and 11th in GAA (2.62) for all goalies having played at least 25 games. When you use that same minimum games played among rookies, Shesterkin was the top backstop in SV% and ranked second in GAA to Stars netminder Jake Oettinger (2.