NHL Awards Nominees Announced

From James Mirtle's blog today:

http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2007/05/and-nominees-are.html

CALDER TROPHY
Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Paul Stastny

SELKE TROPHY
Rod Brind'Amour, Samuel Pahlsson, Jay Pandolfo

HART TROPHY
Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Roberto Luongo

JACK ADAMS AWARD
Lindy Ruff, Michel Therrien, Alain Vigneault

NORRIS TROPHY
Nicklas Lidstrom, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger

LADY BYNG TROPHY
Pavel Datsyuk, Joe Sakic, Martin St. Louis

LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD
Sidney Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier, Roberto Luongo

VEZINA TROPHY
Martin Brodeur, Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Lundqvist, Roberto Luongo

Interesting: Four nominees for the Vezina.

My choices:

Staal, Pahlsson, Luongo, Ruff, Lidstrom, Crosby, Brodeur

What? No Leafs?

 

I'm a little disappointed Dan Boyle isn't nominated for the Norris, but it's hard to get past those three.

So, in order, Stall, Pandolfo, Crosby, Ruff, Lidstrom, Sakic, Crosby, Brodeur.

I want to give the Vezina to Luongo, but Brodeur was too good this season.

 

CALDER TROPHY
Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Paul Stastny

Staal

SELKE TROPHY
Rod Brind'Amour, Samuel Pahlsson, Jay Pandolfo

Pandolfo

HART TROPHY
Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Roberto Luongo

Crosby probably gets it, but without Brodeur Devils don't win division

JACK ADAMS AWARD
Lindy Ruff, Michel Therrien, Alain Vigneault

Vigneault

NORRIS TROPHY
Nicklas Lidstrom, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger

Niedermayer

LADY BYNG TROPHY
Pavel Datsyuk, Joe Sakic, Martin St. Louis

Sakic

LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD
Sidney Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier, Roberto Luongo

Lecavalier

VEZINA TROPHY
Martin Brodeur, Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Lundqvist, Roberto Luongo

Brodeur (since he won't win the Hart)

 

Without Crosby and Luongo, Pittsburgh and Vancouver don't make the playoffs at all.

Too bad Claude Julien wasn't nominated, but of course the NHL doesn't dare embarrass King Looooo.

 

I am that Joe Thornton did not get a nod. Even worse, Tomas Vanek did not get a nod for the Selke.

Statsny will win the Calder.
Crosby will win the Hart and Pearson (Although, Luongo is deserving of the Hart and Pearson too)
Thierren will get the Jack Adams Award
Neidermayer will get the Norris Award
It will be a toss up for the Selke between Pandolfo and Pahlsson
Sakic will win the Lady Byng (personal bias here because I consider him the best pressure player in the game with the best wrist shot)
Vezina should go to Luongo, but I have a feeling Brodeur will steal it from under him

JR- I feel your pain for the Leafs ;D