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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Once again the NHL doing the surprise-the-winner thing for the Awards, so it's really hard to know when they're actually going to be awarded. We at least have all the nominees I think though:
Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP): Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Ted Lindsay Award (Most Outstanding Player): Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
James Norris Memorial Trophy (Top Defenseman): Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres), Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche), Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Vezina Trophy (Top Goaltender): Ilya Sorokin (New York Islanders), Jeremy Swayman (Boston Bruins), Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Calder Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Ivan Demidov (Montreal Canadiens), Matthew Schaefer (Buffalo Sabres), Beckett Sennecke (Anaheim Ducks)
Frank J. Selke Trophy (Defensive Forward): Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning), Ryan O'Reilly (Nashville Predators)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Sportsmanship): Cole Caufield (Montreal Canadiens), Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings), Jake Sanderson (Ottawa Senators)
Jack Adams Award (Coach of the Year): Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning), Dan Muse (Pittsburgh Penguins), Lindy Ruff (Buffalo Sabres)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Perseverance): Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche), Jonathan Toews
Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year: Bill Guerin (Minnesota Wild), Chris MacFarland (Colorado Avalanche), Pat Verbeek (Anaheim Ducks)
Already awarded:
Art Ross Trophy (Leading Scorer): Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) - 138 Points
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (Leading Goal Scorer): Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) - 48 Goals
William M. Jennings Trophy (Goalies with the fewest goals against): Scott Wedgewood & Mackenzie Blackwood (Colorado Avalanche)
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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Adam
Messages: 7764
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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Some quick thoughts:
- Bouchard was robbed.
- Feels like another year where the Hart and Ted Lindsay awards go to different players.
- It's bizarre there's no announcement schedule at all...just sometime in June they'll give out a bunch of these. And why did they give out the Calder in mid-May? Just because he was on the tv show then?
- It is also interesting that these haven't all leaked already. Clearly, folks at the NHL offices CAN keep a secret when they want to. I think the only one I heard about leaking last year was Hellebuyck and I believe that was because third parties saw him get it.
- Can't see how Kopitar doesn't win Lady Byng as a parting gift. Up against two relatively young players, there's no way they're voting for them over Kopitar.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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