NHL Awards Thread

by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 10:22 AM EDT

Since they only allow one poll per page just leave your predictions in the comments. Who do you think will win tonight?

Hart Trophy - Most Valuable Player

I think Ovechin will take this again. Malkin had Crosby to support him and Datsyuk had a stellar team around him. Without Ovie Washington would be hard pressed to even be in a playoff spot.

Calder Trophy - Best Rookie

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Steve Mason - CBJ

Bobby Ryan - ANA

Kris Versteeg - CHI

Why Pekka Rinne got no consideration is a mystery to me but the nod should go to Mason. He backstopped a Blue Jackets team into their first playoff spot and was far and away the best player on their team.

Vezina Trophy - Best Goalie

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Niklas Backstrom - MIN

Steve Mason - CBJ

Tim Thomas - BOS

I would vote for Tim Thomas. Unconventional but effective.

Norris Trophy - Best Overall Defenseman

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Zdeno Chara - BOS

Mike Green - WAS

Nicklas Lidstrom - DET

For the first time I think that Nick Lidstrom will be knocked off his pedestal. It's not because he had a bad season because he was once again solid but because people are so used to his greatness by now they're looking for something else. I expect Chara to get it as both he and Green were solid offensive contributors Chara was more fearsome on the defensive side.

Selke Trophy - Best Defensive Forward

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Pavel Datsyuk - DET

Ryan Kesler - VAN

Mike Richards - PHI

Datsyuk is just so solid on both ends of the ice he deserves to win this award again.

Jack Adams Award - Coach of the Year

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Todd McLellan

- SJ

Claude Julien - BOS

Andy Murray - STL

At one point in the season I could have been sure it would have been Julien but with the way the Blues came on at the end to make the playoffs my vote (if I had one) would go to Murray.

Bill Masterton Award - Perserverence/Dedication to Hockey

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Chris Chelios - DET

Steve Sullivan - NAS

Richard Zednik - FLA

Zednik got his throat slashed and came back to play hockey. I repeat, he got his throat slashed and came back. If that isn't dedication I don't know what is.

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I think Pekka gets no love due to his age. I think the cut off for rookies is 24 and he’s 26…

Hart – Ovechkin
Calder – Mason
Vezina – Thomas
Norris – Chara
Selke – Richards (although, just as easily could see it going to Datsyuk. Both are deserving…)
Adams – Julien
Masterson – Zednik

So, ya, gonna have a Boston flavor tonight is my thinking…

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by blurr1974 on Jun 18, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions

Regarding Rinne my first thought was the age factor but the rule for rookies is

The player must not be older than 26 years before September 15 of the season in which he is eligible.

As of September 15, 2008, Rinne was 25 years old because his birthday is in November, so he would have been eligible.

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by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Rinne and Mason put up similar numbers. Mason did it six years younger and took a team to the playoffs for the first time.

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by Chemmy on Jun 18, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

that must be it...

he’s not that good.

Ryan was SICK once he was called up, but Mason played more games I think, and was more of a factor in his teams success.

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by blurr1974 on Jun 18, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

yep. I’m not denying Mason’s better than Rinne but my 3 nominees would be Rinne, Mason and Ryan.

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by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Bobby Ryan is stupid good. I wouldn’t be THAT surprised if he took it over Mason.

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by Chemmy on Jun 18, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

Blurr nails it.

by lordosis on Jun 18, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

My ballot

Hart – Ovechkin
Calder – Mason
Vezina – Thomas
Norris – Chara
Selke – Datsyuk
Adams – Julien
Masterson – Zednik

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by PPP on Jun 18, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Approved.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 18, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

My picks

Hart – Ovechkin
Calder – Mason
Vezina – Thomas
Norris – Chara
Selke – Richards
Adams – Murray
Masterson – Sullivan

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by leafer1984 on Jun 18, 2009 11:55 AM EDT reply actions

Please… Don’t know that Zetterberg will win all of them? No? Ok…

I would give the awards….
Hart to Malkin
Selke to Datsyuk
Vezina to Bäckström (gotta give some love to my home country…)
Norris to Chara

Как же так может быть?

by sleza on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

that’s some fine euro-centric picking you’ve done there…

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by blurr1974 on Jun 18, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m having my own war against Cherry…. ;)

Как же так может быть?

by sleza on Jun 18, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Cherry is deciding to adopt Ovechkin as a Canadian. That way he can live with all 3 Hart nominees being European.

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by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I assume he has even worse problem with the fact that they’re all Russians too…

Ovechkin – good old Canadian kid. It does have something…

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by sleza on Jun 18, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

He was saying basically that about Malkin

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 18, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

What, his name isn’t Al O’Vechken… good Irish Canadian boy. Too bad he has that speech imped, ipred, impred….. problem that makes him sound foreign.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 18, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Pretty sure that I still have the Hockey card from McDonald’s with this photo on it.

by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 18, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

me too!!

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by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I was just looking at the past winners of the Hart Trophy, Jose Theodore’s name sure does stick out like a sore thumb.

by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 18, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions

stupid coworkers

I’m so out of touch with this place I didn’t realize the awards were tonight!
Malkin for the Hart.

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by Karina on Jun 18, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions

This awards show is pathetic. They hae the awrds in a glass case behind the players, the script is written by a grade student and the presenters (see Muller, Kirk) can’t even pronounce the names of the players .

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by furcifer on Jun 18, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions