Ivan Demidov leads the Calder Trophy odds ahead of the 2025-26 NHL season. Can he live up to the hyp and give Montreal back-to-back Calder winners?
The 2025 NHL Draft is slated for Friday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
With a new draft class comes a new batch of rookies who are eligible for the Calder Trophy as the league’s best rookie.
The early Calder Trophy odds favor a Montreal Canadien prospect, Ivan Demidov, who wet his whistle last season, registering two points in two games.
Odds as of 6-27
6/27/2025: Ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft, Ivan Demidov is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2025-26 Calder Trophy. The Montreal Canadiens draft pick played in just two games last year for the Habs, registering one goal and one assist. Given his immense talent and a roster that appears to be better from top to bottom, Demidov could be the first Russian player to win the Calder Trophy since Kirill Kaprizov (2020-2021).
Most sportsbooks will display odds in the American format as listed above. When the regular season is nearly finished and a consensus has emerged, you might see a player with a minus sign (-) ahead of his odds, like this:
The (-) means that Demidov is the odds-on favorite, and a bettor would need to wager $400 to win $100. Other contenders in the Calder race might have plus (+) odds to win.
Here, a bettor stood to profit $900 for every $100 wagered.
If American odds aren’t your thing, simply use a tool like our odds converter to switch the odds to decimal or fractional format. Most online sportsbooks also give you the option to change the odds format that you see.
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A quick look at recent NHL Calder Trophy winners and the teams they played for.
Ivan Demidov has the best odds to win the 2025 Calder Trophy.
Montreal’s Lane Hutson won the Calder Trophy Trophy last year after tallying 66 points in 82 games.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have produced 10 Calder winners, the most in NHL history.
Ivan Demidov, Alexander Nikishin, and Zeev Buium are among the candidates to win NHL rookie of the year honors.
Chris Vasile has been in the betting industry for well over a decade, honing his craft as a writer, editor, and handicapper. Chris has contributed betting and non-betting content for online publications such as ProSportsDaily and The Hockey Writers, in addition to Covers. With a keen interest in soccer, Chris has been featured on Covers’ ‘Before You Bet’, BetMGM Network, and SportsGrid. He also runs his own YouTube channel — Game Day Wagers.
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