2017/2018 Awards Voting

[dedreger]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board)

GDB continues to crank out his always entertaining write-ups -- he has my vote.


-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) 

Shooter's roster is the one I envy most.  He's built a monster and I don't think it's going away any time soon.  My thoughts are similar to Rob's ... in a perverse way it's like Shooter has to out-do the high expectations created by his own consistent excellence in order to get the award(s) his performance already earned.


-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers)

Anaheim is in the conversation, but I can't look past a Flyers group of Malkin, Stamkos, Couture and Pavelski.


-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings)

I really struggle with the one.  It's tough to not hand it to the Oilers for Hall and Giroux, but Snug's depth is throwing a lot of quality Games Played at you ... I'll go with depth over top-end stars here.


-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)

Tarasenko, Zucker and Voracek win it for the Blues.  The Canucks, Avs and Oilers are in the conversation.


-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen)

Carolina's top six edge out the Blues' group.


-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies)   

If my guys could stay healthy, I might have voted for myself, but it's not to be.  I like the Blues' set of 3 over the Oilers' pair.


-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team) 

With any kind of match-up luck the Caps points-for total would have put them in the playoffs, not in 13th with a .500 record.

[WestCoastExpress]

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)
Arizona Coyotes - because i wish bad luck to any team that tanks.

Haha. I second this. Well put Snuggy

[SlackJack]

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)
Arizona Coyotes - because i wish bad luck to any team that tanks.

As it is now, tanking is not expressly against the rules. Nor for that matter is inactivity. Which then is the greater impropriety? The actions of a GM that works day in and day out to improve his team and raise the over-all level of competition? Or those of the absentee landlords that let their franchise flounder and fail to engage with the league in any meaningful way?

[WestCoastExpress]

As it is now, tanking is not expressly against the rules. Nor for that matter is inactivity. Which then is the greater impropriety? The actions of a GM that works day in and day out to improve his team and raise the over-all level of competition? Or those of the absentee landlords that let their franchise flounder and fail to engage with the league in any meaningful way?

To be fair, every league on here will have inactive owners who fail to check in and then get replaced. It's the reality of free fantasy leagues. Happens everywhere, not just this site.

[Rob]

As it is now, tanking is not expressly against the rules. Nor for that matter is inactivity. Which then is the greater impropriety? The actions of a GM that works day in and day out to improve his team and raise the over-all level of competition? Or those of the absentee landlords that let their franchise flounder and fail to engage with the league in any meaningful way?

A good tanking job is good for the league.  The latter "absentee" GM's are the reason we need competent re-builders.  And the rules should be shaped to benefit these teams to put them back on the competitive map and ensure league balance.

[WestCoastExpress]

Solid points, and I’d rather see an active GM tank, versus a team who doesn’t set their lines but has solid players get a higher draft pick as a result.
AZ needs the most help I think out of most franchises. If NYR was more proactive trading, that roster could be good.

[snugerud]

As it is now, tanking is not expressly against the rules. Nor for that matter is inactivity. Which then is the greater impropriety? The actions of a GM that works day in and day out to improve his team and raise the over-all level of competition? Or those of the absentee landlords that let their franchise flounder and fail to engage with the league in any meaningful way?

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it did it make a sound?

If I vote bad juju to a team/GM that wont even be around to hear me trash on them , did I really trash them?

[Anthony]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board) - Can't turn the corner without seeing his name somewhere. I should doc him points for changing his name, but I'll let that one slide.

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) Hard to argue with that.

-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers) -

-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings) -

-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings) -

-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen) -

-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies) -

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team) -

[SlackJack]

If I vote bad juju to a team/GM that wont even be around to hear me trash on them , did I really trash them?

[jlapo11]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board): My vote goes to with in 2nd place

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) - for most wins

-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers) 

-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings)

-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)

-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen)

-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies)

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team) . Even if they won the season their 2 top goalies (Murray/Price) were injured for many games. With them in the line-up they would probably have won with a league record in wins. could also be considered as unluckiest as they have the most FTPs but they finished 2nd. (and they are losing in the first round - however this does not count for the award  )