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Leafs’ Michael Bunting named a Calder Trophy Finalist

As the Leafs enjoy a day off between a game that nearly killed me and a game that I hope kills the Tampa Bay Lightning dynasty, there’s an awards announcement.

2022 Calder Trophy finalists, as voted by @ThePHWA: Michael Bunting (TOR), Moritz Seider (DET) and Trevor Zegras (ANA).

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) May 11, 2022

The Calder Trophy is awarded to “the player selected as most proficient in his first year of competition in the NHL.” Aside from an upper limit of 26, there’s nothing in there about player age mattering, although certain people are very vocal that it should be part of the discussion.