[CanuckJohnny]

2018 NHL AWARDS




Ted Lindsay Award: TBL F Steven Stamkos (52-51-103, 20.1 Point Share, 41.5 Goals Created)
Art Ross Trophy: CGY F Johnny Gaudreau (109 points)
Maurice Richard Trophy: WSH F Alex Ovechkin (55 goals)
Lady Byng Trophy: CGY F Johnny Gaudreau (109 Pts, 16 PIM)
Bill Masterton Trophy: STL D Alex Pietrangelo
NHL Leadership Award: NSH D Shea Weber
Jennings Trophy: DAL G Cam Talbot (2.20 GAA)
Hart Trophy: BUF F Connor McDavid
nominees -
BUF F Connor McDavid (42-54-96, 19.3 Point Share, 36.4 Goals Created)
TBL F Steven Stamkos (52-51-103, 20.1 Point Share, 41.5 Goals Created)
TBL D Victor Hedman (18-58-76, 21.3 Point Share, 25.1 Goals Created)
Calder Trophy: VAN F Nico Hischier
nominees -
BUF G Andrey Makarov (33 W, 9 SO, 2.65 GAA, .914 SvPct, 9.60 GSAA)
VAN F Nico Hischier (18-31-49)
CHI F Brett Seney (21-20-41)
Frank J. Selke Trophy: CHI F Jonathan Toews
nominees -
CHI F Jonathan Toews (20-31-51, +32, 7.9 Defensive Point Share, 20.9 SA/60, 78 DGR, 44 Tka, 22 BS, 140 H, 54 FO%)
SJS F Matt Nieto (15-24-39, +14, 5.6 DPS, 26.2 SA/60, 66 DGR, 37 Tka, 116 BS, 120 H, 31.2 FO%)
CGY F Lance Bouma (9-16-25, +24, 5.7 DPS, 27.6 SA/60, 55 DGR, 16 Tka, 59 BS, 207 H, 59.5 FO%)
Norris Trophy: MTL D Alexei Emelin
nominees -
MTL D Thomas Chabot (16-48-64, +48, 21.7 PS, 21.2 GC, 78 GR)
NSH D Roman Josi (26-48-74, +24, 24.3 PS, 26.7 GC, 83 GR)
MTL D Alexei Emelin (62 GP, 11-40-51, +57, 18.4 PS, 16.4 GC, 69 GR)
Vezina Trophy: DAL G Cam Talbot
nominees -
COL G Michal Neuvirth (33 W, 6 SO, 2.14 GAA, .930 SvPct, 29.93 GSAA)
MTL G Carey Price (51 W, 3 SO, 2.34 GAA, .920 SvPct, 24.31 GSAA)
DAL G Cam Talbot (42 W, 7 SO, 2.20 GAA, .925 SvPct, 34.05 GSAA)
Jack Adams Award: CAR Coach Derian Hatcher
nominees -
COL Coach Patrick Roy (52-25-5, finished 2nd overall with 8th best roster)
CAR Coach Derian Hatcher (46-32-4, finished 11th overall with 23rd best roster)
DAL Coach Lindy Ruff (48-24-10, finished 3rd overall with 11th best roster)
GM of the Year: CAR GM Ron Francis
nominees - (Roster Rankings Overall, F-D-G, System Ranking)
COL GM Joe Sakic (8th, 1st-14th-20th, 19th)
CAR GM Ron Francis (23rd, 14th-18th-27th, 18th)
DAL GM Brian Lawton (11th, 3rd-16th-24th, 6th)

Commentary: Cool that Hischier won the Calder! (I kind of feel like with 9 shutouts Makarov probably deserved it though, the game might've done him dirty.) Cool to see Jonathan Toews win the Selke, since often weird/unlikely players seem to win that one. (See the nominees for example, a pair of third line checking wingers who don't blow you away with any of their stats, not even their defensive stats really...) Cam Talbot was a rock for Dallas all year and a good call for the Vezina. I feel like when two guys are both nominated for MVP from the same team the third nominee should win it basically be default, so I'm glad to see McDavid getting the Hart love. Also neat that the players chose a different MVP in Stamkos since often those two awards are the same. Weird call picking Emelin for the Norris in my opinion, I think the game needs to rely more on some combination of point share, goals created - IRL points matter a lot for the Norris, see Erik Karlsson last year - and maybe GR with a minimum GP and TOI. I'm assuming it must've picked Emelin based mostly off of +/- but he clearly wasn't even the best defenseman on his own team.

Now for my real pet peeve - almost every year the Coach award and GM award in this game have nominees from the same three teams. And almost every year whichever team wins wins both awards. I feel like the Jack Adams this year was a great choice as Hatcher did very well with a poor roster. I don't know why Francis gets so much credit for constructing a relatively poor roster that greatly overachieved when Lawton built a solid roster which performed even better than expected while maintaining one of the best prospect systems in the league. I think eventually the AI should improve to take into account roster improvement from one year to the next as well as system rankings, roster rankings and standing rankings. In the mean time I think it would be neat to allow the GM the option to either a) select the nominees for the various awards that have nominees, b) select the winners of the awards from the nominees or c) both of the above. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk lol.