NHL Awards Ceremony 2008

by FrankD on Jun 13, 2008 7:15 AM EDT in News

None of the Penguins walked away with hardware this year, but the list is still - how do I say, interesting?

Take a look at this list and tell me what you think.

Hart Trophy - Best in the league

Alex Ovechkin - Washington Capitals

Vezina Trophy - Best goaltender

Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils

Norris - Best defenseman

Niklas Lidstrom - Detroit Red Wings

Calder - Rookie of the year

Patrick Kane - Chicago Blackhawks

Lady Byng - Most gentlemanly player

Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit Red Wings

Frank Selke - Best defensive forward

Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit Red Wings

Jack Adams - Best coach

Bruce Boudreau - Washington Capitals

Masterton Trophy - Perseverance in hockey

Jason Blake - Toronto Maple Leafs

Lester B. Pearson - voted by the NHLPA

Alex Ovechkin - Washington Capitals

Now I won't deny Ovechkin his dues, and Jason Blake is definitely deserving of that award, but why must three Red Wings make the list? Not to mention, out of the nine awards a combined six are going to two teams. I wouldn't doubt Detroit fans are crying about Babcock not winning the Jack Adams...

Is the awards ceremony generous towards Cup winners?

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I don’t think it is generous or biased, except that the awards people just saw a lot of the Redwings.

P.S.: What’s up with Martin Brodeur winning goaltender of the year?
P.P.S.: Who wants to win “Most gentlemanly player?” That’s a strange award for a hockey player to get.

by JDMaker1 on Jun 13, 2008 8:46 AM EDT reply actions

I think it’s funny Brodeur won yet couldn’t get past the first round. And the guy who beat him in that round, Lundvist, was snubbed. I just think he’s over-hyped anyways because he’s in NYC. Pens did him in after 5 games.

Most gentlemanly player translates to : “pansy.”

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 13, 2008 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree on both points. I think Brodeur is past his prime, but still good and Lundvist is a NYCer. No thanks.

I was going to use a different “p” word in my first post, but I didn’t think that was appropriate for Pensburgh. “Pansy” is a good alternative.

by JDMaker1 on Jun 13, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

haha – well at least we both thought it.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 13, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Who ended up with more hits in the finals series, anyway, Orpik or Datsyuk? (which says nothing about the quality of thunderosity of the hits)

I think he was trying to shed the gentlemanly image in the playoffs.

The surprise there was that Datsyuk picked up the Selke, too, instead of Zetterberg. The trio of finalists for these awards were announced well before the Cup finals began, and it was pretty obvious that Datsyuk was winning the Lady Byng, and Lidstrom would win the Norris Trophy long before the Wings played the Penguins. You’re not seriously contesting those awards, are you?

As for Babcock….I’m not at all a fan of the coach of the best team getting rewarded for not screwing things up….I voted Boudreau myself in some ESPN poll when the finalists were
announced

One other thing….as far as voters seeing the Red Wings, I’m not sure that’s accurate….I have a Red Wings/versus schedule calendar, and I was pretty shocked at how infrequently the Wings were on TV. The Eastern Conference got far more exposure than did the Western Conference, if I’m not mistaken…

by ahtrap on Jun 15, 2008 1:01 PM EDT reply actions

I’m not contesting the awards – I did that months ago when Gonchar was not included in the list of Norris Trophy finalists ;-).

Aside from Malkin in relative contention for the Hart, not a single Penguin player or coach in my mind was worthy of a mention. MAYBE Therrien for taking the team as far as he did in the past two seasons and MAYBE Fleury as some sort of comeback player of the year, but the majority of the guys weren’t up for anything (outside of the aforementioned Gonchar).

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 15, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions