Kimelman: You both make tremendous arguments, but what separates Beniers is the fact that he played 80 games in a key role on a team that reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Skinner played 50 games, and while Power looks like he'll be a big piece of the Sabres moving forward, Buffalo missed the playoffs, and he didn't always get the most difficult matchups defensively. Beniers was the Kraken's No. 1 center and stepped up his play in all the big spots. He had 31 points (16 goals, 15 assists) in 41 road games, second for Seattle, and the Kraken were 29-5-3 when he had at least a point. And since Beniers made his NHL debut on April 12, 2022, the Kraken are 50-34-8, a .587 points percentage; before his arrival they were 23-43-6, a .361 points percentage. Beniers had made a tremendous impact as a rookie and is very deserving of the Calder Trophy.