
I will update this as the Awards show goes on.
HART TROPHY
1. Sidney Crosby
2. Roberto Luongo
3. Martin Brodeur
My pick: Crosby by a landslide. Settle down, Luongo-lovers!
Actual: CROSBY. Youngest player to win it since Gretzky.
LESTER B PEARSON AWARD(Most outstanding player as voted by the NHLPA)
1. Sidney Crosby
2. Vincent Lecavalier
3. Roberto Luongo
My pick: Crosby of course.
Actual: CROSBY
CALDER TROPHY
1. Evgeni Malkin
2. Jordan Staal
3. Paul Stastny
My pick: Malkin. If Stastny would have come alive earlier in the year....
Actual: MALKIN
FRANK J SELKE TROPHY (Top defensive forward)
1. Rod Brind'Amour
2. Sammy Pahlsson
3. Jay Pandolfo
My pick: tough one. I'll say Brind'Amour.
Actual: BRIND'AMOUR
JACK ADAMS TROPHY
1. Lindy Ruff
2. Michel Therrien
3. Alain Vigneault
My pick: I'm not sure how much fits the criteria here, but Alain Vigneault took a mediocre, half-assed Canucks team from 2 seasons ago, and made the current team believe in his system. It paid off huge. For pulling off a Christ-like miracle, I'd say Vigneault gets it.
Actual: VIGNEAULT
JAMES NORRIS TROPHY
1. Niklas Lidstrom
2. Scott Niedermayer
3. Chris Pronger
My pick: Given Detroit's success this season (in a shitty division even), and Lidstrom's ability to rack up the points like he still can and play superb in his own zone, he is my pick.
Actual: LIDSTROM
LADY BYNG TROPHY
1. Pavel Datsyuk
2. Joe Sakic
3. Martin St. Louis
My pick: I haven't been able to see St. Louis a lot this year. So who is the bigger gentleman? Who is the nice guy? I'll take Sakic.
Actual: DATSYUK
VEZINA TROPHY
1. Martin Brodeur
2. Roberto Luongo
3. Miikka Kiprusoff
4. Henrik Lundqvist
My pick: A tough call between Brodeur and Luongo. I have to go with Brodeur here. His stats this season are sick. 12 shutouts to Luongo's 6??? Yowza.
Actual: BRODEUR