Chicago Blackhawks: Dominik Kubalik receives some NHL honors
Chicago Blackhawks rookie, Dominik Kubalik, earned some NHL honors for his rookie season.
The Chicago Blackhawks didn’t have the best regular season, but one of the major positives was the play of rookie Dominik Kubalik. It was a great way to break into the NHL for Kubaklik. It was going well from pretty much the first game of the season on. He was so good that the NHL honored him with some different accolades that he should be proud of. He is a big piece to the Blackhawks’ young core that they are trying to build.
He scored 30 goals and had 16 assists for 46 points in 68 games. he probably would have reached the 50 point mark if the season didn’t come to a sudden end because of COVID-19. The offense, especially goal scoring, is there for Kubalik and should only get better as time goes on. He was only the fifth player in Chicago Blackhawks history to score 30 goals as a rookie which is pretty incredible if you truly think about it.
These statistics earned Kubalik a nomination for the NHL’s Calder Trophy. He came in third place for the prestigious award. Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche won it and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks came in second. Kubalik had no first-place votes, two second-place votes, 75 third-place votes, 48 fourth-place votes, and 21 fifth-place votes. All of that equated to 554 points which edged out Adam Fox of the New York Rangers for third place.
No forward had more votes for the Calder Trophy than Kubalik. Besides him, the top six were all defensemen or goalies. The kid can score and the Hawks are hoping that he continues to be a good scorer for a long time.
Kubalik was also named to the NHL’s all-rookie team. Victor Olofsson of the Buffalo Sabres and Nick Suzuki are the two other forwards on the team. Hughes and Makar are the two defensemen named and Elviz Merzlikins of the Columbus Blue Jackets is the goalie. It was quite the rookie class this year and they should all be proud.
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Kubalik, as mentioned before, is part of a nice young core that the Hawks are trying to put together. They are hoping that players like Kirby Dach, Adam Boqvist, Alex DeBrincat, and Ian Mitchell amongst others can be a part of it as well. Either way, Kubalik, and the Hawks should be proud of the way his season went.