No 2026-27 Calder Trophy odds were posted in ESPN’s NHL futures feed on 24 September 2026, so this page names no price yet. The award for 2025-26 went to Matthew Schaefer, the New York Islanders defenseman, who scored 23 goals and 59 points in all 82 games.
The one NHL award market ESPN carries for the new season so far is the Hart Trophy, with 82 players priced at DraftKings. Schaefer is one of them, at +10000, a 1.0% implied chance of being named MVP in his second season.
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What is the Calder Trophy
The Calder Memorial Trophy goes to the NHL’s rookie of the year. It is a regular-season award, so the playoffs play no part in it.
Schaefer’s win is a lesson in how the vote works. Two forwards had more points than he did, Ivan Demidov with 62 points and Beckett Sennecke with 60, and neither won. Schaefer played 24 minutes 40 seconds a night, against 15:29 for Demidov and 17:26 for Sennecke. That is within ten seconds of Cale Makar’s 24:50 for Colorado.
The 2025-26 rookie class
These are the named players on the 2025-26 All-Rookie Team, with their regular seasons.
| Player | Team | Position | GP | G | A | PTS | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Schaefer | New York Islanders | D | 82 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 24:40 |
| Ivan Demidov | Montreal Canadiens | RW | 82 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 15:29 |
| Beckett Sennecke | Anaheim Ducks | RW | 82 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 17:26 |
| Jimmy Snuggerud | St. Louis Blues | RW | 70 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 16:41 |
Jakub Dobes, Montreal’s goaltender, was the rookie in net. He went 29-10-4 in 43 games with a .901 save percentage and a 2.78 goals-against average.
Montreal had two players on the team and made the playoffs at 48-24-10. The Islanders finished 43-34-5 on 91 points and missed them, so Schaefer won the Calder on a team that missed the playoffs.
Recent Calder Trophy winners
| Season | Winner | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Matthew Schaefer | New York Islanders | D |
| 2024-25 | Lane Hutson | Montreal Canadiens | D |
| 2023-24 | Connor Bedard | Chicago Blackhawks | C |
| 2022-23 | Matty Beniers | Seattle Kraken | C |
| 2021-22 | Moritz Seider | Detroit Red Wings | D |
| 2020-21 | Kirill Kaprizov | Minnesota Wild | LW |
| 2019-20 | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche | D |
| 2018-19 | Elias Pettersson | Vancouver Canucks | C |
| 2017-18 | Mathew Barzal | New York Islanders | C |
| 2016-17 | Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs | C |
| 2015-16 | Artemi Panarin | Chicago Blackhawks | LW |
Defensemen have won four of the last seven, including the last two. Before Makar in 2019-20, the previous four winners were all forwards, and no goaltender appears in the eleven seasons listed.
Nine of these eleven winners have a price on this season’s Hart Trophy board. Kaprizov is the shortest of them at +1400, then Matthews at +1500 and Makar at +2500; Seider and Beniers are the two with no price.
How to read Calder odds once they post
A price converts to a break-even chance. For plus money, divide 100 by the price plus 100: a rookie at +400 needs to win 20.0% of the time. For minus money, divide the price by the price plus 100, so a favorite at -150 needs 60.0%.
A Calder bet is worth making only when you rate a player’s chance higher than the price does. No Calder price has been posted yet, so there is nothing to compare against today. The season opens on Tuesday, 29 September, and the Islanders start the next night at Toronto.
More NHL awards and picks
The MVP race is on the Hart Trophy odds page and the defensemen on the Norris Trophy odds page. Team futures are on the Stanley Cup odds page and the NHL conference odds page.
Game-by-game calls are on the NHL predictions hub and nightly lines on the NHL scores and odds page. For paid NHL picks through the season, the membership trial is here.