The Montreal Canadiens took to social media on Monday to highlight a milestone rarely seen in franchise history. “Lane Hutson has been named a finalist for the Calder Trophy!” the club posted on X, celebrating the 21-year-old defenseman’s nomination for the NHL’s rookie of the year award.

Hutson is the heavy favourite to win the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, with the nominees set to be unveiled later Monday. “He’s unreal,” Guhle said. “Having a guy like that in his first year making that big an impact, you don’t see that very often.”

Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks, Lane Hutson of the Montreal Canadiens and Dustin Wolf of the Calgary Flames were announced on Monday as the finalists for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s rookie of the year,