Wednesday, April 21, 2004
More props for Marty.
Although not as many as he could have received. The NHL announced its awards finalists today, and unsurprisingly, Marty St. Louis was one of the three finalists for the Hart Trophy, the NHL's MVP. As mentioned earlier, he's actually a prohbitive favorite for it.
There was quite a bit of buzz among hockey people that St. Louis might also be nominated for the Selke Trophy, given to the league's best defensive forward, but Marty didn't make the cut here. Despite his excellent defensive work, his defense was more in the manner of a good offense (forechecking, all of those shorthanded goals) rather than continually shutting down the opponent's best player, so that combined with his lack of size left him out on this one.
St. Louis was nominated for the Lady Byng Trophy, given for sportsmanship. I suppose it's nice to win, but given the combination of the name of the award and the fact that it usually goes to the best player with the fewest penalty minutes, it's not something one hears bragged about very often. "Who's going to win the Byng?" isn't exactly a question on everyone's lips. Nevertheless, there's a very good chance that this award ends up with the Lightning, as in addition to St. Louis, teammate Brad Richards was also nominated for it.
Finally, John Tortorella seems a shoo-in for the Jack Adams Award, for Coach of the Year. Torts was the runner-up last season to Mad Trapper Jacques Lemaire, but seems a lock this time around taking the Bolts to the #1 seed in the East and #2 NHL record overall.
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There was quite a bit of buzz among hockey people that St. Louis might also be nominated for the Selke Trophy, given to the league's best defensive forward, but Marty didn't make the cut here. Despite his excellent defensive work, his defense was more in the manner of a good offense (forechecking, all of those shorthanded goals) rather than continually shutting down the opponent's best player, so that combined with his lack of size left him out on this one.
St. Louis was nominated for the Lady Byng Trophy, given for sportsmanship. I suppose it's nice to win, but given the combination of the name of the award and the fact that it usually goes to the best player with the fewest penalty minutes, it's not something one hears bragged about very often. "Who's going to win the Byng?" isn't exactly a question on everyone's lips. Nevertheless, there's a very good chance that this award ends up with the Lightning, as in addition to St. Louis, teammate Brad Richards was also nominated for it.
Finally, John Tortorella seems a shoo-in for the Jack Adams Award, for Coach of the Year. Torts was the runner-up last season to Mad Trapper Jacques Lemaire, but seems a lock this time around taking the Bolts to the #1 seed in the East and #2 NHL record overall.
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