Five way-too-early frontrunners for the 2026-27 Calder Trophy

Sep 28, 2026, 3:08 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet,

With that in mind, let's take a way-too-early look at five players that could be frontrunners to win the 2027 Calder Trophy.

Call it divine intervention or just a timely stroke of luck, but the Toronto Maple Leafs won the draft lottery with just 8.5 per cent odds and having missed the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade. But either way, on June 26, the Buds welcomed Gavin McKenna into the fold, and the 18-year-old joins the club of first-overall picks to make the immediate jump to the NHL.

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