Also... there's a very good chance that Connor Zary finishes the season as the Flames' leader in points. Now, imagine we also manage to make the playoffs.
If that happens, it's not gonna be "is Zary a finalist." There's going to be serious consideration as people weigh the value of coasting along to 70 points on bottom feeder team vs coming into the league 10 games into the season and then leading a "looking like a bottom feeder" team right into the playoffs.
When you look at the Flames right now, Zary is 2nd in goals per game, 3rd in assists per game and 1st in points per game. All while being only 13th in minutes played per game.
It's not far fetched for him to lead this team in points at the end of the year, and this team to catch a wildcard spot. He's gonna get some 1st place Calder votes if that happens.
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