The fifth edition of the Calder Watch is the second-last of the season, and it involves another switch at the number one spot, as Logan Couture has regained the top ranking among rookies this season. Forwards remain best bet to take home the Calder Trophy this year, but a trio of goalies continue to help their teams make playoff and fight for conference and division leads. Taylor Hall, the #1 pick in the 2010 Entry Draft, has fallen out of the top-10 because of a season-ending ankle injury that occurred during his first ever pro fight (he lost, by the way). The top-5 look pretty solid to remain there for the final month of the season, while the bottom-5 remains jumbled because of the amount of quality rookies. For instance, Cam Fowler is having a very good rookie season, but his -23 rating cannot be overlooked when compared to his peers. Don’t Sleep On: Derek Stepan, NYR; James Reimer, TOR; Travis Hamonic, NYI Falling: Taylor Hall, EDM (6), Cam Fowler, ANA (7), Brad Marchand, BOS (9) All stats as of March 18, 20011; previous month’s rankings in brackets 10. Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis (NR) Almost immediately after the previous rookie rankings, Shattenkirk was traded from Colorado to St. Louis, and has had a positive impact with his new club. In 15 games he has tallied six assists and a +5 rating (he was -11 in Colorado) while averaging 21:00 minutes in ice-time. 9. Sergei Bobrovsky - Philadelphia (5) His ranking here may have dropped, but Bobrovsky isn’t doing anything wrong. Unfortunately for him, both of the Flyers’ goalies are playing well, which has limited his action and thus overall impact and numbers in relation to his netminding peers. His numbers are similar to the rookie goalies above him, but what he lacks is the shutouts, as he has yet to record one. 8. Tyler Ennis – Buffalo (NR) Ennis, the 5’9” sparkplug, is coming on strong with 10 points in his last 12 games as the Sabres have put themselves in a position to nail down one of the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. He is fourth in rookie scoring (43 points) and in OCPR among rookie forwards. 7. P.K. Subban – Montreal (10) The injuries keep piling up on the Canadiens’ blue line, so Subban has been leaned on very heavily in his first full NHL season – he is third among rookies with 22.:08 of ice-time per game. Subban leads all rookie defensemen with 165 shots on net, 8 goals, and 100 hits, while ranking second in points (31) and fifth in blocked shots (93); his -5 rating on a playoff team with a positive goal differential brings his value down. 6. Michal Neuvirth – Washington (NR) Neuvirth hasn’t been inside the top-10 since December, as he has dealt with an assortment of minor injuries and lost a lot of playing time to Semyon Varlamov. But now that he is healthy, and Varlamov is not, Neuvirth is shining and helping to lead the Caps to the top of the Eastern Conference. In his last six starts, he is 5-1 with ten goals allowed. He is 23-11-4, and leads all rookies with four shutouts and has also faced the most shots while short-handed. 5. John Carlson - Washington (4) A number five ranking doesn’t do Carlson justice, and I fear that even I underrate him just because he doesn’t have out-of-this-world numbers. But the rookies ahead of him are having such excellent seasons, it really is hard to rank the top-5, and any order could be acceptable. Carlson leads all rookie defensemen with 26 assists, 32 points, 135 blocked shots, 22:54 ice-time, and 53 takeaways. He also leads in OCPR for rookie defensemen by almost 30 points, and carries an impressive +18 rating. 4. Corey Crawford - Chicago (8) Crawford has taken the number one goalie job for Chicago and ran with it, outplaying Marty Turco by a very wide margin. From February 20-March 5 Crawford won eight consecutive games to get Chicago back into the West’s top-8. He leads all rookies with 27 wins and has a 2.36 goals against average, which ranks 9th in the whole league, and he has 3 shutouts. 3. Michael Grabner – NY Islanders (3) The Austrian continues to lead all rookies in goals with 29, but I may have jinxed him with the elaborate write-up last month and talking about his possibility to net 40. After the article was posted, he went eight games without scoring, and has only four goals in his last 15 games. One stat that surprised me, however, is that he leads all rookies with 60 takeaways, while only coughing up the puck 23 times. His +16 rating is extremely impressive, considering the team he plays on. Grabner ranks second in shots and third in points. 2. Jeff Skinner - Carolina (1) Skinner and Couture continue to flip flop back and forth in regards to Calder favorites. Skinner continues to be the scoring leader with 25-27-52, and his all-around game reminds me of last year’s Calder winner Matt Duchene. Skinner also leads with 16 power play points, and his 51-27 takeaway/giveaway split is very impressive. The one glaring weakness in the 18-year-old’s game is in the faceoff circle, where he wins only 36.9% of his draws. He plays like a center, so he needs to improve on that going forward. 1. Logan Couture – San Jose (2) Couture continues to make an impact all over the ice for the division leading Sharks. He is second among rookies with 27 goals and 48 points, while sporting a +15 rating and working over 18 minutes per game on the ice. He has been impressive in the faceoff dot , taking 19% of his teams’ draws and winning 52.9% of the time. Eight of his goals have come on the power play (first), and he has eight game winning goals, which is far away the best among rookies, and tied for third in the NHL. Nick is RealGM’s NHL Feature Writer. 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