The Calder Trophy is given annually to the NHL's top rookie.
Chicago Blackhawks centre and 2023 No. 1 overall pick Connor Bedard was the favourite all season and ran away with the award in 2023/24, but there are quite a few players close together in the odds heading into 2024/25.
Here are the current Calder Trophy winner odds.
Matvei Michkov | +400 |
Macklin Celebrini | +400 |
Logan Stankoven | +450 |
Cutter Gauthier | +500 |
Will Smith | +500 |
Lane Hutson | +800 |
Dustin Wolf | +1200 |
The Philadelphia Flyers will see their top prospect in orange and black sooner than expected, thanks to right-winger Matvei Michkov terminating his contract with KHL club SKA St. Petersburg a year early.
Michkov had 19 goals and 22 assists on loan to HK Sochi in the 2023/24 season. He projects to be a top-six forward when he joins the Flyers.
The Flyers ranked 27th in goals scored in the 2023/24 NHL season as a late-season collapse saw them miss the playoffs, and the organization will hope Michkov can provide a consistent scoring threat in his debut campaign in the States.
The youngest-ever winner of the Hobey Baker Award for NCAA men's hockey's most outstanding player, Boston University product Macklin Celebrini was the favourite to be drafted first-overall before he played his first collegiate game.
Celebrini lived up to the hype with 32 goals and 32 assists as he led the Terriers to the Frozen Four, and he was selected first overall by the San Jose Sharks.
The Sharks finished with just 47 points in 2023/24, but they signed Tyler Toffoli, Barclay Goodrow and Alex Wennberg to help Celebrini's adjustment to the pros and take some pressure off him.
NHL fans have seen more of Dallas Stars centre Logan Stankoven than other players on this list, and that's because he was a key player for his team in the 2024 playoffs. In fact, he has nearly as many playoff games under his belt (19) as he does regular season games (24).
Stankoven had six goals and eight assists in 24 regular season games, and he chipped in three goals and five assists in the postseason, where the Stars got to the Western Conference Final.
Plus, at 21 years old, Stankoven is older than the two players with shorter odds. The one question is whether he'll be as valuable to his team as some of the other players on this list.
Left-wing Cutter Gauthier was traded to the Anaheim Ducks after making it clear he wouldn't sign with the Philadelphia Flyers, the team that drafted him fifth overall in 2022.
In the meantime, he played college hockey at Boston College and led his team to the NCAA Championship game, where they lost to the University of Denver. He finished the season with 38 goals and 27 assists for 65 points, the second-highest points tally in Division I hockey.
Gauthier joins a Ducks team that finished with 59 points last season, but he will form an intriguing and talented young core of the team with Mason McTavish and Trevor Zegras.
The only player to score more points than Gauthier and Celebrini in the 2023/24 college hockey season was Will Smith of Boston College. The San Jose Sharks prospect joins Celebrini as the organization's foundation for the future.
Smith had 25 goals and 46 assists for 71 points, and he had a two-goal performance in BC's 4-0 win over Michigan in the Frozen Four.
As mentioned with Celebrini, the Sharks have signed some veterans to boost the team's competitiveness and provide some mentoring for the next generation.
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Year | Player | Team |
2023/24 | Connor Bedard | Chicago Blackhawks |
2022/23 | Matty Beniers | Seattle Kraken |
2021/22 | Moritz Seider | Detroit Red Wings |
2020/21 | Kirill Kaprizov | Minnesota Wild |
2019/20 | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche |
2018/19 | Elias Pettersson | Vancouver Canucks |
2017/18 | Mathew Barzal | New York Islanders |
2016/17 | Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs |
2015/16 | Artemi Panarin | Chicago Blackhawks |
2014/15 | Aaron Ekblad | Florida Panthers |
2013/14 | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche |
2012/13 | Jonathan Huberdeau | Florida Panthers |
2011/12 | Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado Avalanche |
2010/11 | Jeff Skinner | Carolina Hurricanes |
2009/10 | Tyler Myers | Buffalo Sabres |
2008/09 | Steve Mason | Columbus Blue Jackets |
2007/08 | Patrick Kane | Chicago Blackhawks |
2006/07 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2005/06 | Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals |
2004/05 | Season cancelled - lockout | |
2003/04 | Andrew Raycroft | Boston Bruins |
2002/03 | Barret Jackman | St. Louis Blues |
2001/02 | Dany Heatley | Atlanta Thrashers |
2000/01 | Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks |
1999/00 | Scott Gomez | New Jersey Devils |
1998/99 | Chris Drury | Colorado Avalanche |
1997/98 | Sergei Samsonov | Boston Bruins |
1996/97 | Bryan Berard | New York Islanders |
1995/96 | Daniel Alfredsson | Ottawa Senators |
1994/95 | Peter Forsberg | Quebec Nordiques |
1993/94 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils |
1992/93 | Teemu Selanne | Winnipeg Jets |
1991/92 | Pavel Bure | Vancouver Canucks |
1990/91 | Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks |
1989/90 | Sergei Makarov | Calgary Flames |
1988/89 | Brian Leetch | New York Rangers |
1987/88 | Joe Nieuwendyk | Calgary Flames |
1986/87 | Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings |
1985/86 | Gary Suter | Calgary Flames |
1984/85 | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1983/84 | Tom Barrasso | Buffalo Sabres |
1982/83 | Steve Larmer | Chicago Blackhawks |
1981/82 | Dale Hawerchuk | Winnipeg Jets |
1980/81 | Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques |
1979/80 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
1978/79 | Bobby Smith | Minnesota North Stars |
1977/78 | Mike Bossy | New York Islanders |
1976/77 | Willi Plett | Atlanta Flames |
1975/76 | Bryan Trottier | New York Islanders |
1974/75 | Eric Vail | Atlanta Flames |
1973/74 | Denis Potvin | New York Islanders |
1972/73 | Steve Vickers | New York Rangers |
1971/72 | Ken Dryden | Montreal Canadiens |
1970/71 | Gilbert Perreault | Buffalo Sabres |
1969/70 | Tony Esposito | Chicago Blackhawks |
1968/69 | Danny Grant | Minnesota North Stars |
1967/68 | Derek Sanderson | Boston Bruins |
1966/67 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
1965/66 | Brit Selby | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1964/65 | Roger Crozier | Detroit Red Wings |
1963/64 | Jacques Laperriere | Montreal Canadiens |
1962/63 | Kent Douglas | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1961/62 | Bobby Rousseau | Montreal Canadiens |
1960/61 | Dave Keon | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1959/60 | Bill Hay | Chicago Blackhawks |
1958/59 | Ralph Backstrom | Montreal Canadiens |
1957/58 | Frank Mahovlich | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1956/57 | Larry Regan | Boston Bruins |
1955/56 | Glenn Hall | Detroit Red Wings |
1954/55 | Ed Litzenberger | Chicago Blackhawks |
1953/54 | Camille Henry | New York Rangers |
1952/53 | Gump Worsley | New York Rangers |
1951/52 | Bernie Geoffrion | Montreal Canadiens |
1950/51 | Terry Sawchuk | Detroit Red Wings |
1949/50 | Jack Gelineau | Boston Bruins |
1948/49 | Pentti Lund | New York Rangers |
1947/48 | Jim McFadden | Detroit Red Wings |
1946/47 | Howie Meeker | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1945/46 | Edgar Laprade | New York Rangers |
1944/45 | Frank McCool | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1943/44 | Gus Bodnar | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1942/43 | Gaye Stewart | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1941/42 | Grant Warwick | New York Rangers |
1940/41 | Johnny Quilty | Montreal Canadiens |
1939/40 | Kilby MacDonald | New York Rangers |
1938/39 | Frank Brimsek | Boston Bruins |
1937/38 | Cully Dahlstrom | Chicago Blackhawks |
1936/37 | Syl Apps | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1935/36 | Mike Karakas | Chicago Blackhawks |
1934/35 | Sweeney Schriner | New York Americans |
1933/34 | Russ Blinco | Montreal Maroons |
1932/33 | Carl Voss | Detroit Red Wings |
The Calder Memorial Trophy is named after former NHL league president Frank Calder. Players become eligible to win the award after playing in at least 25 regular season games for the first time in the player's career. As of 1991, players must be 26 years old or younger to win the award.
The trophy features a silver jug atop a two-level wooden pedestal, with metal name plates bearing the names of past winners on the pedestal.
The NHL Calder Trophy winner is announced during the NHL Awards ceremony, which also features the announcements of other major individual awards including the Hart Trophy, Norris Trophy and Vezina Trophy.
The 2024 Calder Trophy winner, Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard, was announced as the winner on June 27, 2024. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the award.
Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.