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Originally Posted by trublmaker
don't think Gretsky was a rookie in the NHL was he, that's why no calder for him.
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Correct - they didn't consider Gretzky a rookie because he had played a year in the WHA.
Then a couple years later, they awarded the Calder to Peter Stastny, a 26 year old, 8 year veteran of the Czech national team.