The debate over whether Penguins center Sidney Crosby or Washington winger Alex Ovechkin was the top rookie in the 2005-06 NHL season can continue for another several weeks -- and you can add Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf to the mix.

They are the finalists for the Calder Trophy. The NHL yesterday announced the top three vote-getters for eight postseason awards. The winners will be announced June 22 in Vancouver.

Crosby, 18, the first overall draft pick in 2005, became the youngest NHL player to reach 100 points in a season. He finished sixth in the league with 102 points, including 63 assists to lead all rookies.

Ovechkin, 20, was third in the NHL and led all rookies with 106 points. Phaneuf, 20, was the top first-year defenseman in scoring with 49 points and became the third rookie defensemen in league history to get 20 goals.

Former Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, now with the New York Rangers, is a finalist for the Hart Trophy for the sixth time after finishing second in the NHL with 123 points. He won the award as the league MVP in 1999.

The other Hart finalists are San Jose center Joe Thornton, who flourished after a November trade from Boston and won the Art Ross Trophy as the top scorer with 125 points, and Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff, who won the Jennings Trophy for allowing a league-low 200 goals and led the NHL in goals-against average (2.03) and shutouts (10).

Jagr and Thornton also are finalists for the Pearson Award, the equivalent of the MVP as voted on by the NHL players, with Ovechkin taking Kiprusoff's place to round out that field.

Kiprusoff also is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy for the top goaltender, along with two-time winner Martin Brodeur of New Jersey and rookie Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers.

The three finalists for the Norris Trophy, which goes to the top defenseman, are all from the Western Conference -- three-time winner Nicklas Lidstrom of Detroit, one-time winner Scott Niedermayer of Anaheim and former Penguin Sergei Zubov of Dallas.

The Adams Award will go to an Eastern Conference coach -- Carolina's Peter Laviolette, Buffalo's Lindy Ruff or Tom Renney of the New York Rangers. All three are first-time finalists.

Rod Brind'Amour of Carolina, Mike Fisher of Ottawa and Jere Lehtinen of Dallas are the finalists for the Selke Trophy, awarded to the top defensive forward.

The finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy, representing sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, are Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, San Jose's Patrick Marleau and Tampa Bay's Brad Richards.

The Calder, Hart, Norris, Selke and Lady Byng awards are determined by a vote of hockey writers. NHL general managers vote on the Vezina. League broadcasters select the Adams winner.