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The NHL Awards

{ June 15, 2007 @ 2:46 pm } · { Martin Brodeur, NHL, Roberto Luongo, Sidney Crosby, The NHL Awards, Vincent Lecavalier }
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Even though I had to stay up until 11 just to watch the Sid er the NHL Awards show. I kind of enjoyed it. I mean sure, the host was…interesting. It was kind of funny when the interviewer guy forgot Paul Stastny’s name. And, when Sidney Crosby said congrats to Marty and Vinny even though it was Luongo that got nominated. Dumby. Alright, I will run through the winners and who was nominated and what I thought now.

Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP)
*Winner~Sidney Crosby
*Nominated~Roberto Luongo and Martin Brodeur
*Who should have won? Luongo, no guy took his team that far. Luongo didn’t really have the team to work with.

Vezina Trophy (Goalie)
*Winner~Martin Brodeur
*Nominated~Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, and Henrik Lundqvist
*Who should have won? I personally think the right guy won. He broke records this year…you can’t dispute that.

Norris Memorial Trophy (defenseman)
*Winner~Nicklas Lidstrom
*Nominated~Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger
*Who should have won? Right guy won…you can’t deny a +40.

Calder Trophy (rookie)
*Winner~Evgeni Malkin *A No Show
*Nominated~Jordan Staal and Paul Stastny
*Who should have won? Anze Kopitar

Selke Trophy (defensive forward)
*Winner~Rod Brind’Amour
*Nominated~Samuel Pahlsson and Jay Pandolfo
*Who should have won? Pahlsson or Pandolfo…although Brind’Amour’s speech made me laugh.

Lady Byng (gentleman)
*Winner~Pavel Datsyuk *A No Show
*Nominated~Martin St. Louis and Joe Sakic
*Who should have won? Joe Sakic…no doubt…at least he showed up

Jack Adams (coach)
*Winner~Alain Vigneault
*Nominated~Lindy Ruff and Michel Therrien
*Who should have won? Vigneault, what a guy!

King Clancy (humanitarian)
*Winner~Saku Koivu
*You can’t go wrong when you give Koivu anything.

Masterson (perserverance)
*Winner~Phil Kessel
*The kid overcame testicular cancer and came back…and was absolutely adorable with his little speech in his hand.

Art Ross (points scoring leader)
*Winner~Sidney Crosby

Maurice Richard Trophy (goal scoring leader)
*Winner~Vincent Lecavalier

William M Jennings (fewest goals against)
*Winners~Manny Fernandez and Nicklas Backstrom

Pearson Award
*Winner~Sidney Crosby…no I’m not kidding…the players voted it…I think it was rigged.

For a full break down on the voting and what not check out Mirtle

Don’t forget kids

{ June 14, 2007 @ 8:58 pm } · { The NHL Awards }
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Tonight is the NHL Awards show it’s on at 7 on VS here in the states and CBC up in Canada…enjoy.

Lots of Stuff

{ June 10, 2007 @ 4:04 pm } · { Anaheim Ducks, Dave King, Pascal Leclaire, Scott Howson, Stanley Cup Champions, The GM Search, The NHL Awards }
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I think I have decided that on Sundays I am going to just make it a day where I highlight what went on in the week…that way I don’t really have to talk about much…I can just highlight it. I am lazy…I know this.

  • Dave King is interested in the Columbus Blue Jackets General Manager Position. He was our Coach from 2000 – 2003 when he was fired. He has never been a General Manager in the NHL but according to a Blue Jackets Official, “He should have been a GM 10 years ago, but he wanted to keep coaching. Nobody knew the league better than Dave King and nobody had a better grip on the talent in Europe at the time. It would take him some time to get up to speed on the game — he’s been away for a few years now — but he’d catch up quick.” King was fired basically because he and MacLean got into over Klesla. King thought Klesla needed some time in the minors MacLean had other plans.
  • Howson met with Priest and the owners and according to Portzline if things went well he could be hired this week. My take on Howson is any man who would have any part of the Ryan Smyth trade….I don’t want. I don’t want anyone who would trade away our heart and soul which in our case is Rick Nash. And, apparently I’m not the only one in Blue Jackets Nation to feel that way.
  • Pascal Leclaire will be in Columbus later this month to test his knee. If things don’t go well Columbus could be looking at getting a Veteran goaltender via unrestricted free-agency. Let’s hope he looks like he did the whole season…like crap!
  • On a non Columbus Blue Jackets note…congrats to the Anaheim Ducks, again for becoming the first West Coast team to win a Stanley Cup, and also congrats on winning for the first time in franchise history!!
  • Also, on Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. EST the NHL Awards show will be shown on VS I suggest everybody watch it. It should be entertaining. If you don’t remember who was nominated I posted something on it so check it out.

If there is anything I missed I’m sorry…but that’s all I have for now.

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