The NHL has announced its nominees for the Calder Trophy during the pre-show of Monday's Draft Lottery, and Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf is amongst the contenders for the award alongside San Jose's centre Macklin Celebrini and Montreal's defenceman Lane Hutson.

The 24-year-old ended a memorable rookie season with a record of 29-16-8.

He registered a GAA of 2.64 and a save percentage of 91.0 in 53 games while putting up three shutouts.

The undersized netminder was the biggest reason why Calgary were in the playoff conversation and the last team eliminated from post-season contention in the Western Conference.

The young California native was the fourth-last pick in the 2019 NHL draft – 214th overall – and the last of 22 goalies to be selected. The fact that Wolf has played more games than all but two of those goalies (the first two to come off the board: Spencer Knight at 13th and Pyotr Kochetkov at 36th overall) alone is probably Calder-worthy on its own.

He'll look to be the sixth Flame to win the Calder Trophy.