NHL Awards - Make you picks

[munsifn]

Nominees released today

Calder (Rookie of the Year)
Sidney Crosby
Alexander Ovechkin
Dion Phaneuf

Selke (Best defensive forward)
Rod Brind'Amour
Mike Fisher
Jere Lehtinen

Hart (MVP)
Joe Thornton
Jaromir Jagr
Mikka Kiprusoff

Jack Adams (Top Coach)
Peter Laviolette (Carolina)
Tom Renney (NY Rangers)
Lindy Ruff (Buffalo)

Norris (Top Defenceman)
Nicklas Lidstrom
Scott Niedermayer
Sergei Zubov

Lady Byng (Best Sportsmanship and conduct)
Pavel Datsyuk
Patrick Marleau
Brad Richards

Lester B. Pearson (Most outstanding as voted by NHLPA)
Jaromir Jagr
Alexander Ovechkin
Joe Thornton

Vezina (Top Goalie)
Martin Brodeur
Mikka Kiprusoff
Henrik Lundqvist

[MrWizard]

Calder - Alexander Ovechkin
Selke - Jere Lehtinen
Hart - Joe Thornton
Jack Adams - Tom Renney
Norris - Scott Niedermayer
Lady Byng - Brad Richards
Pearson - Jaromir Jagr
Vezina - Mikka Kiprusoff

[Bargain_Junkie]

Calder - Alexander Ovechkin
Selke - Rod Brind'Amour
Hart - Joe Thornton --- He won't win it because Jagr plays in New York and gets more spot light.
Jack Adams - Lindy Ruff
Norris - Nicklas Lidstrom
Lady Byng - Patrick Marleau
Pearson - Alexander Ovechkin
Vezina - Mikka Kiprusoff


:D The awards are in Vancouver this year.

[commie]

I don't understand how Lundqvist is not nominated for the Calder, but yet is nominated for the Vezina...

Sure you are one of the 3 best goalies in the league...but you are not one of the 3 best rookies??
That logic doesn't make sense.

IMO he should be nominated for both..

here is my pick..

Calder - Alexander Ovechkin/Crosby....AlexO should win it by himself, but the league will make so BS excuse and give a tie award for Crosby because he is Canadian....Probably will say, since there was the strike, and no ROY was named during that year....then this year we have 2 winners.
Selke - Jere Lehtinen
Hart - Jagr will win because of NY, Joe should get it
Jack Adams - Tom Renney
Norris - Lidstrom
Lady Byng - Daysuk
Pearson - Jaromir Jagr
Vezina - Mikka Kiprusoff

[sPiKyAZN]

Calder - Ovechkin

Selke - Rob Brind'Amour

Hart - Mikka Kiprusoff

Jack Adams - Peter Laviolette

Norris - Scott Niedermayer

Lady Byng - Richards

Lester B. Pearson - Jagr

Vezina - Kipprusoff

btw when exactly are the awards?

[munsifn]

i was surprised that niether redden or chara were nominated for the norris...

also, what about mezaros (sp?)...didnt he have one of the highest +/- in the league? for a rookie defenceman thats pretty good...but then again, this years rookie class was outstanding...

[skanji]

i was surprised that niether redden or chara were nominated for the norris...

also, what about mezaros (sp?)...didnt he have one of the highest +/- in the league? for a rookie defenceman thats pretty good...but then again, this years rookie class was outstanding...

ssshhhh, let the nhl continue to ignore the Sens. It may be the only way we can keep all our players!!!

[MrWizard]

ssshhhh, let the nhl continue to ignore the Sens. It may be the only way we can keep all our players!!!

It's hard to argue with the 3 choices though:

- Lidstrom: Most points by a defenceman, was very solid all year
- Niedermayer: Carried the Ducks at times, played in all 82 games
- Zubov: Second most points by a defenceman, solid all year

Chara being left off isn't a surprise. He failed to rank in the top 5 in any of the big categories of goals, assists, points or +/-.

As far as Redden goes, the problem becomes, who do you take out for him? There isn't anyone there that needs to be replaced.

[gordholio]

Calder (Rookie of the Year)
Sidney Crosby
•Alexander Ovechkin
Dion Phaneuf

Selke (Best defensive forward)
•Rod Brind'Amour
Mike Fisher
Jere Lehtinen

Hart (MVP)
•Joe Thornton
Jaromir Jagr
Mikka Kiprusoff

Jack Adams (Top Coach)
Peter Laviolette (Carolina)
Tom Renney (NY Rangers)
•Lindy Ruff (Buffalo)

Norris (Top Defenceman)
•Nicklas Lidstrom
Scott Niedermayer
Sergei Zubov

Lady Byng (Best Sportsmanship and conduct)
Pavel Datsyuk
•Patrick Marleau
Brad Richards

Lester B. Pearson (Most outstanding as voted by NHLPA)
Jaromir Jagr
Alexander Ovechkin
•Joe Thornton

Vezina (Top Goalie)
Martin Brodeur
•Mikka Kiprusoff
Henrik Lundqvist