Past Trophey Winners and Future Winners (Canes edition)

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As many know the NHL gives out trophy’s based on performance throughout the season and one of Carolina's own is in the lead in one trophy race. That being Jeff Skinner who looks like he is running away with the trophy as he has 39 points and the closest to him based on points is Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks (who is also 3 years older than Skinner) and based on skill defenseman Cam Fowler and John Carlson.

5th- Skinner is in games played but has appeared in every single game this year. (He is 5th because the Canes have not played as many games as ATL, NYR, PIT, and WSH.

2nd- Skinner is 2nd in goals with 17 trailing only Couture who has 21.

1st- Skinner is 1st in assists among rookies with an impressive tally of 22.

16th- This may be the only down part that could hold Skinner back, Skinner has a plus/minus of 3 as where others in contention for the trophy such as Carlson (+/- of 13) and Couture (+/- of 10) have been apart of some high scoring lines (This is what is keeping Carlson close to Skinner in the race for the Calder Trophy as he is a defenseman and should get votes based on that strong plus/minus rating.)

27th- Skinner is 27th in penalty minutes and in this case the lower number the better. Skinner does get caught with tripping penalties sometimes but due to his size he tends to stay out of the box quite a bit which is a very good thing as voters like to see players that show discipline. Out of the contenders only Cam Fowler and Taylor Hall have less penalty minutes (This is keeping Fowler in the race because as a defenseman you have to be aggressive but if you can play aggressive with out taking penalties you are just giving your team a bonus.)

1st/4th Based on all rookies Skinner is 4th in points per game with 0.83ppg, but the three guys ahead of him have not played over 6 games each which eliminates them from contention anyway. However Couture is lurking right behind Skinner but with a less profound number of 0.66.

3rd Skinner is third in shots on goal trailing only Hall and Couture, however Skinner has more goals than Hall and the fact that Couture has taken 36 more shots on goal than Skinner may explain why he has 4 more goals than Skinner.

27th/3rd Shot Percentage much like points per game can be an eschewed stat as Skinner is 27th in shot percentage among all rookies. However out of the players that have played more than 40 games this season and taken more than 60 shots only 2 are ahead of Skinner in Bryan Bickell from Blackhawks and Michael Grabner from the Islanders. (Neither are in contention for the trophy.)

10th- This may be another hindrance. Skinner is 10th in goals per game and the voters like to see players that can get it done with the game on the line. This would not be that big of a deal if so many players in contention for the trophy were not ahead of Skinner in this category, but Couture (1st), Hall (2nd), Carlson (2nd), and Stepan (5th) are all in front of him.

4th- Skinner is 4th in power play goals and the only one ahead of him in contention for the trophy is Couture.

2nd- Skinner is 2nd in power play assists trailing only Cam Fowler who is in contention for the trophy.

N/A- Short Handed Goals and Assists

Summary- If Skinner can get his plus/minus up to around 10 and get himself a couple more game winning goals there is no denying that Jeff Skinner will be the Rookie of the year (Calder Memorial Trophy Winner) as he is solid in every other category.

Past Canes Trophy Winners and Winners on the roster (Some did it with other teams of course)

2007 Frank J. Selke Trophy- Rod Brind’Amour (Carolina) Best Defensive Forward

2006 Frank J. Selke Trophy- Rod Brind’Amour (Carolina) Best Defensive Forward

2002 King Clancy Trophy- Ron Francis (Carolina) Humanitarian Contribution to Hockey

2002 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy- Ron Francis (Carolina) Sportsmanship

1998 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy- Ron Francis (Pittsburgh) Sportsmanship

1998 Calder Memorial Trophy- Sergei Samsonov (Boston) Rookie of the Year

1995 Frank J. Selke Trophy- Ron Francis (Pittsburgh) Best Defensive Forward

1985 William H. Jennings Trophy- Tom Barrasso (Buffalo) Fewest Goals Allowed

1984 Calder Memorial Trophy- Tom Barrasso (Buffalo) Rookie of the Year

1984 Vezina Trophy- Tom Barrasso (Buffalo) Most Outstanding Goaltender