Coach Harling (Press Box and OHL)

30 Calder Trophy Contenders
Predicting who will win the Calder trophy is very difficult. So many factors need to be considered from, opportunity, available ice time, position, head coach and the strength of the team etc. You can never predict how a player will adapt from junior hockey to pro level like the NHL. Here is my list of each teams best candidate to win the Calder trophy as NHL rookie of the year.

Anaheim - Emerson Etem - Etem had the door of opportunity open when Ducks let go veterans Niklas Hagman and Jason Blake off the wings. His competition for a top nine role comes from Rickard Rakell, Kyle Palmieri, Pat Maroon, Andrew Cogliano, Matt Beleskey, and Devante Smith-Pelly.

Boston - Dougie Hamilton - Talk about opportunity, Hamilton may fin himself paired with Norris trophy ...