CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY (outstanding rookie)
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins; Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames.
FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY (outstanding defensive forward)
Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes; Mike Fisher, Ottawa Senators; Jere Lehtinen, Dallas Stars.
HART MEMORIAL TROPHY (most valuable player to his team)
Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks.
JACK ADAMS AWARD (outstanding coach)
Peter Laviolette, Carolina Hurricanes; Tom Renney, New York Rangers; Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres.
JAMES NORRIS MEMORIAL TROPHY (outstanding defenseman)
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings; Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Mighty Ducks; Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars.
LADY BYNG MEMORIAL TROPHY (sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct)
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings; Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks; Brad Richards , Tampa Bay Lightning.
LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD (most outstanding player as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA)
Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers; Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks.
VEZINA TROPHY (outstanding goaltender)
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames; Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers.
NHL award finalists
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Snero wrote:he should win it, he turned the team around when he got traded to the sharks
and it's great that they're named after people, I miss the old days of the Norris, Patrick, Smyth, and Adams division. They should never have renamed them
I'd go for Jagr. He took the team from a bottom feeder to the playoffs.
Weren't the sharks good contenders to make the playoffs before the start of the year? (Well before they started sucking it up.)
Prowl GleamEdge from Nameless - EQ
Snero wrote:and it's great that they're named after people, I miss the old days of the Norris, Patrick, Smyth, and Adams division. They should never have renamed them
god damn right. i hate the generic central,southeast etc...
my predictions are:
ovechkin
fisher
thornton
laviolette
lidstrom
jagr
broduer (only cause the lips are always firmly attached to this guys ass)
imo
ovechkin
lehtinen (although I hope fisher wins)
thornton (I hope, he deserves it most, he turned san jose's season around)
Renny
lidstrom
marleau
thornton
kiprusoff
and prowl
the rangers were underachievers, i would say their success has more to do with renny then jagr, he changed their attitude. The rule changes also helped a ton, and so did lunquist coming out of nowhere to be one of the top goaltenders. The sharks were thought to be a good team before the season started but until thornton got traded they were doing just terrible. I doesn't really matter which definition you use for the MVP, most valuable player or best player, I think Thornton deserves it. Man did Boston ever screw up dumping him for some spare parts (granted they're decent players but far from anything special)
ovechkin
lehtinen (although I hope fisher wins)
thornton (I hope, he deserves it most, he turned san jose's season around)
Renny
lidstrom
marleau
thornton
kiprusoff
and prowl
the rangers were underachievers, i would say their success has more to do with renny then jagr, he changed their attitude. The rule changes also helped a ton, and so did lunquist coming out of nowhere to be one of the top goaltenders. The sharks were thought to be a good team before the season started but until thornton got traded they were doing just terrible. I doesn't really matter which definition you use for the MVP, most valuable player or best player, I think Thornton deserves it. Man did Boston ever screw up dumping him for some spare parts (granted they're decent players but far from anything special)
Tuggan wrote:maybe, but i was more impressed with both kiprusoff and lundqvist this season.
kiprusoff is an amazing puck stopper, but brodeur is almost as good, and is EASILY the best puckhandler of any goalie
he's a huge part of the NJ transition game, which I don't think you could say for any other goalie