NHL futures: 2025 Calder Trophy odds and our favorite bets

The NHL Draft is behind us, and we should probably take a few minutes together to look through the odds for this year's Calder Trophy (rookie of the year), after Connor Bedard took home the honors last week.

We had a no-doubt-about-it first overall pick in Macklin Celebrini, but the top of the board for this award is a very intriguing one.

The favorites for 2025 Calder Trophy

Odds are courtesy of DraftKings.

1. Macklin Celebrini (+500)
2. Matvei Michkov (+500)
3. Cutter Gauthier (+600)
4. Will Smith (+600)
5. Logan Stankoven (+600)

This is a really interesting collection of players. We have Celebrini, this year's first overall pick, and what should excite San Jose Sharks fans: his new teammate Will Smith is also among the Calder Trophy favorites. Smith was last year's fourth overall pick, and it's expected that both join the Sharks together to form quite the tandem on their top line.

Matvei Michkov has Flyers fans excited, as the Russian prospect is considered to be extremely pro-ready and has finally signed his contract with Philadelphia as he prepares to move over to the NHL. Michkov was taken seventh in last season's draft and has been playing professionally since 2021.

Speaking of playing professionally, we have Logan Stankoven, who joined the Dallas Stars in late February and became a force for them in the postseason alongside Wyatt Johnston. More often than not Stankoven was one of the most active players on Dallas, and his future looks bright. Voters might not favor Stankoven given he has the most NHL experience, but that's what could set him up for an extremely productive 2024-25 season.

Then we have Cutter Gauthier, who was drafted by the Flyers two seasons ago and refused to sign a contract with them, which forced them to trade him to the Anaheim Ducks. Gauthier is expected to be on the Ducks roster this fall.