I will be sending out awards ballots on Monday, so everyone has the weekend to bring their case forward for their players, and bump one of my top 5 for each category. Comments from the peanut gallery are more than welcome
Rank Player Team POS GP G A PTS +/- Sh PiM HITS MP 1. Bryan McCabe Calgary D 81 22 41 63 37 159 204 233 1975 2. Andrei Markov Chicago D 69 7 47 54 35 141 88 113 1693 3. Mark Streit Chicago D 77 13 48 61 10 133 72 91 1631 4. Mike Green Chicago D 82 13 50 63 15 162 120 161 1835 5. Pavel Kubina Minnesota D 80 12 42 54 26 147 208 183 1821
Makes no sense to have three candidates from the same team. If anything, it is hurting Chicago's chance of winning because obviously none of these guys is that valuable to their team if there are three nominees. I suggest chosing no more than 1 player per team per award.
I would suggest Lidstrom gets a nomination just because his 65 points while being the offense and defense for an Anaheim team impressed me...
I tend to agree with Mr. Evans. Lidstrom led the league in points for a defenceman on one of the worst teams in the league. Surely he deserves some love! Somehow he managed a -12 +/- on a team with 31% more goals against than for...
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