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Crosby had it before he ever laced up a skate as an NHL player. All he had to do was not trip over the blueline the first night he took the ice, and he was a shoe in. He's "The Next One" for god sakes, and a Canadian, how could he not win the Calder?
All sarcasm aside, IMO Ovechkin far outplayed Crosby this year, and did it on a team devoid of talent, while Crosby spent at least half the season with some of the best players in the league. Ovechkin was almost forgotten about at the beginning of the season by most of the media, with all their hype of Crosby, yet he went along, quietly wracking up huge numbers practically all by himself.
The only other player that deserves consideration for the Calder is Lunquist. He has held the Rangers and their crap defensive corps in every game he has played this season, long enough for the Jagr and whichever of the 3 lines he played on to run up the score. When he was injured, the team struggled for the remainder of the season.
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