Calder Trophy Odds: Who Is Favored To Win NHL’s Rookie of the Year?

The NHL’s been boosted in recent years by an influx of blue-chip prospects who have quickly matured into stars. 

The last three drafts have brought us big names like Lane Hutson, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, and Matthew Schaefer, all of whom have made immediate impacts on their teams.

While San Jose’s Celebrini lost the Calder Trophy race — the NHL’s rookie of the year award — to his former Boston University teammate Hutson, he became a Hart Trophy candidate and a major performer on Canada’s 2026 Olympic hockey team. Hutson and Schaefer have also helped their teams immediately raise their win totals. 

Schaefer won the Calder Trophy last season, after appearing in all 82 games and earning a +13 plus/minus rating. 

As we enter the 2026-27 season, we have a bunch of rookies and some second-year players who are still eligible for the Calder, who’ll be contending for the award. Here’s a look at the odds as of July 14. 

Calder Trophy Odds

Who’s Favored to Win the 2026-27 Calder Trophy?

Porter Martone, RW, Flyers (+250)

Philadelphia’s Porter Martone will be entering his second season in the NHL this fall, but he held onto his Calder Trophy eligibility after only appearing in nine games last season. 

Players heading into their sophomore season lose eligibility for the Calder if they played in 25 games or more the season prior. 

Martone joined the Flyers after playing a full season in college with Michigan State, helping that team earn a postseason spot, before they eventually fell to Wisconsin in the NCAA regionals. Martone had 25 goals and 25 assists in 35 games played with the Spartans. 

In his nine games in the NHL, Martone had more than a point-per-game pace, scoring four goals and contributing four assists. 

He then appeared in 10 games in Philly’s postseason run, where he scored twice, including a game-winner in Game 1 of the first round series against rival Pittsburgh and another in Game 2. Martone became the first teenager in Flyers history to score a goal in their first two playoff appearances.

He’ll face heavy competition from incoming rookie Gavin McKenna, who also played in college last year with Penn State. If McKenna becomes a force early on in Toronto, Martone may get boxed out of a Calder win.