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None of the other major trophies -- Vezina (top goalie), Hart (MVP), Norris (top defenseman) or Jack Adams (top coach) -- has created nearly the heated debate as has the race for the Calder, a competition that has focused primarily on two explosive young attackers, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin.
If not for the lockout, of course, this intriguing battle might never have materialized.
Ovechkin, the first pick of the 2004 entry draft, might well have been a Washington Capital that fall, thus avoiding a Calder comparison with Crosby, the first selection of the '05 draft, by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
If not for the lockout, of course, this intriguing battle might never have materialized.
Ovechkin, the first pick of the 2004 entry draft, might well have been a Washington Capital that fall, thus avoiding a Calder comparison with Crosby, the first selection of the '05 draft, by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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