It’s a three-horse race for the 2024-25 Calder Trophy, with no clear front-runner down the home stretch. At this point in the season, the NHL’s top rookie has usually revealed itself. That’s not the case this year, according to The Athletic ’s Scott Wheeler and Harman Dayal.

The 2024-25 Calder Trophy race is a tight battle between Lane Hutson, Macklin Celebrini, and Matvei Michkov. See who has the edge for NHL Rookie of the Year.

The Calder Trophy race has been a three-player one since the season's halfway point. Between San Jose Sharks phenom Macklin Celebrini, Philadelphia Flyers scorer Matvei Michkov, and Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson,

In the latest instalment of it's Trophy Tracker series, NHL.com has release the result of a polling of 16 of its journalists today concerning the Calder Trophy race. It was a tight affair but Montreal Canadiens rookie blueliner Lane Hutson is edging the competition three quarters of the way into the season.

The last time a member of the Canadiens won the Calder Trophy, it was Ken Dryden in 1972. We will remember that the year before, he had won the Stanley Cup. You know, the time when the CH won the Cup?