The Calder Trophy.
No player from the famed 80s Oilers or the young cluster of high draft picks currently on the team have won the award for the NHL’s top rookie. There are big names on that list, former Oilers Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier, and current Oiler stars Taylor Hall, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. It’s been a history of ineligibility, injury, and snubs.
Wayne Gretzky was denied eligibility to win the Calder in his rookie season because of his 80 games in the WHA with the Racers and the Oilers, even though he had 137 points, 72 more than Calder-winner Ray Bourque’s 65 points.