here are mine:
presidents: nashville
prince of whales: devils
clearence s. campbell: detroit
art ross: sydney crosby
calder memorial: malkin
conn smythe: martin brodeur
frank j selke: john madden
hart memorial: brodeur
jack adams: lindy ruff
jame norris: lidstrom
lady byng: jay pandolfo
lester b. pearson: brodeur
maurice richard: lecavlier
vezina: brodeur
2007-03-16 04:05:40 · 8 answers · asked by jonathan e 3 in Sports ➔ Hockey
I agree with most of your picks except:
Presidents - Detroit. They have overtaken Nashville with their best player out...Zetterberg and could possibly add Bertuzzi before seasons end.
Calder - too close to call. I'm a huge Pens fan and Malkin has all the hype, but Stastny has nearly caught him in rookie scoring.
Selke - Jordan Staal - Won't ever happen because he's 18, but it should. All time record for rookie shorties.
Adams - Ruff will probably win, but Therrien deserves it without a doubt. The improvement in the Pens record is astounding...especially when you consider how many 1rst or 2nd year players they have with no experience in how to win. Going into the season, I would have been perfectly content with a .500 record and 8th seed in the playoffs. 12 games left and we're 8 points behind Buffalo for the conference lead.
And whoever said Thornton for the Hart...don't be such a homer. I'd love to see Crosby win it, but in all honesty, Brodeur deserves it. He doesn't have Stevens and Niedermayer in front of him anymore, he's at an age where goalies tend to slow down, scoring is up leaguewide and yet he's having his best season. Without him the Devils are a fringe playoff team team, not in contention to win the conference.
2007-03-16 07:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by pags68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sure know your hockey! I can't see any of your picks I disagree with, let's see if I could add a few comments here.
I think the Stanley Cup finals are likely to be between Anaheim and New Jersey, with Anaheim winning.
I particularly like the fact that you are picking Brodeur for the Hart, I don't think Crosby would be "wrong", but Brodeur may well be having the best season by a Goalie in NHL HISTORY.
Pandolfo IS the best choice for the Lady Byng, but the league is more likely to go with someone who is racking up the points, say Datsyuk.
For the Adams, I might go with Lemaire or Trotz, they have less to work with than Lindy Ruff does.
2007-03-16 04:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only one I would not agree with is the Red Wings will take the presidents trophy. They are 1 point ahead of Nashville right now and they have a game in hand. The wings have 5 of their last 11 games are against St. Louis and Chicago. After their road games vs. Calgary and Vancouver their other tough games will be at home. The wings are always strong in the regular season and at home.
2007-03-16 04:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by Pooky Bear the Sensitive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the hart goes to Thornton, someone call the cops because Brodeur was robbed!
I dislike the Devils team, but Brodeur is the runaway choice for vezina and Hart.
2007-03-16 06:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by seannixon36 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're obviously a Devils fan.
The Ross is automatic and will be Sid's
The Calder goes to Malkin
Hart goes toThornton
Norris to Neidermeyer
Selke to Legwand
Richard to Lecavelier
rest in the air
2007-03-16 06:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like your choice of Devils, my friend. I would LOVE to see Devils vs. Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals.
2007-03-16 05:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by RichMac82 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree in general, but how about Sergei Gonchar for the Norris?
2007-03-16 05:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I really just dont have time to go down and pick all this stuff, but I will say that your picks are all pretty much wrong. Have you ever even watched hockey?
2007-03-16 09:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by BufSabres'09 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋