Early Rookie of the Year Honours Go to...

Clearly Jordan Eberle of the Edmonton Oilers. If you've been so unfortunate as to have been living under a rock the past 10 hours and haven't seen the highlight of his first career NHL goal... in his first career NHL game no less... voila. I think TSN replayed it at least 15 times in just the highlight pack of the OIlers' 4-0 win against the Calgary Flames yesterday. He also added a second goal that was awarded to Shawn Horcoff... not too shabby.

Eberle has become a folk hero in Canadian hockey lore with his performances in the last two World Junior Hockey Championships, leading Canada to a gold medal two years ago, after scoring a last-second game-tying goal against the Russians in the semi-final. Last year, he also was clutch, tying the gold-medal game 5-5 against the United States late in the third period before American defenseman John Carlson won it in overtime.

Clearly, one game does not make a season, but anyone that doesn't believe Eberle won't win the Calder Memorial Trophy and Nikolai Khabibulin the Vezina, you may leave.