Kyle Connor's splendid regular season was good, but not good enough, it seems.
Winnipeg's prize rookie left-winger, who spent the majority of the 2017-18 campaign on the club's No. 1 line with centre Mark Scheifele and right-winger Blake Wheeler, led all NHL freshmen with 31 goals. He also finished fourth in rookie points with 57 in 76 games, which was an impressive total despite starting the season in the AHL.
Nevertheless, the 21-year-old's exploits did not impress voters sufficiently to earn recognition as a finalist for the Calder Trophy, handed out annually to the league's top rookie.