2016 Backyard Awards (Please READ and COMMENT)

[Drew]

Award season is upon us. Some awards have been claimed, please nominate for the end of season awards or state your case for your own team!

A) Playoffs & Season Awards
Champion - receives 20% discount on 1 free agent or extension
SlackJack

Runner-Up - receives 10% discount on 1 free agent or extension
Tony

Division Winners - receive 10% discount on 1 free agent or extension
Atlantic - favo_zomg
Central - SlackJack
Pacific - Drew

President's Trophy - receives 10% discount on 1 free agent or extension
SlackJack

B) End of Season Awards
The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)
SlackJack

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
Tony

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)
Rob

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)
Drew

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)
Mariner

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)
SlackJack

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)
cho34

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)
winter

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)
Rob

The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team)
cho34

C) Scoring Awards
Regular Season
The Mario Lemieux Award (top scorer) - Alex Ovechkin
The Paul Coffey Award (top defensemen) - Brent Burns
The Glenn Hall Award (top goalie) - Corey Crawford
The Teemu Selanne Award (top rookie skater) - Artemi Panarin
The Ed Belfour Award (top rookie goalie) - Mike Condon

Post Season
The Mark Messier Award (top scorer) - James Neal
The Martin Brodeur Award (top goalie) - Steve Mason

[SlackJack]

Okay, here are my votes. Another great season guys!

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) Favo_zomg - Sets the bar for BY activity!

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) Tony - I really don't know how he does it.

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) Rob - Seguin, Stamkos, Domi

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) Drew - Ovechkin, Hall, Pacioretty

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) Mariner - Kane, Pavelski, Tarasenko

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) SlackJack - Burns, Karlsson, Suter

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) Cho - Holtby, Schneider, Vasilevski

The Brian Burke Award (best draft) Winter - All the other great picks aside....McDavid.

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) Jwalk - Losing Carey Price was very unfortunate.

The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) Cho - It's great to see the Rangers in 5th Place over-all.

[Rob]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)

Dallas was very active in offseason FA, landing Brayden Schenn and a lot of good depth pieces.  I believe this was key to Dallas' first playoff appearance (If I'm reading my BY history right). 

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)

SlackJack has built the best BY squad this year, in my opinion.  I had considered the Rangers for this award until I noticed the Most Improved award.

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)

(Disclaimer - I base this on fantasy, not real life.  If a player is position eligible, then he counts for me)
Stamkos and Seguin.  If Domi progresses I fully expect to vote for myself for many more years. 

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)

Landslide.  Ovi, Hall, Pacioretty.

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)

Even more of a landslide.  Kane, Tarasenko, Pavelski.

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)

Burns and Karlsson would win this for STL alone, but throw in Suter and it's not even close. 

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)

Anderson, Dubnyk, Rinne.  If only this team had some offensive names...

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)

I thought I would have a hard time with this, but it only took me a few seconds to make up my mind.  5 picks in the 1st round with 4 of the first 5...

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)

We had an underwhelming season, but still on a points basis should have made the playoffs.  Got off to a putrid start and couldn't recover.  But even so we had 300 more points than the #8 seed. 

The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team)

Love to see a team pull themselves from a non-playoff position to a top seed.

[favo_zomg]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) SlackJack - He is definitely the most active of the GMs.

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) Tony - I agree with Slack; 6th straight season in the finals.

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) Rob - Seguin, Stamkos, Domi

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) Drew - Ovechkin, Hall, Pacioretty

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) Mariner - Kane, Pavelski, Tarasenko

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) SlackJack - Burns, Karlsson, Suter

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) Cho - Holtby, Schneider, Vasilevski

The Brian Burke Award (best draft) Winter - Its hard to argue.

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) Rob - In the beginning of the season, I thought he would of challenged for the cup. Just more proof that the injury bug is a hard obstacle.

The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) Cho - If anyone can contest this nomination, they will need a very good reason. First time the Rangers are in the playoffs and their future looks very bright. Good job, man.
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[Drew]

 

Please comment!

[jlapo11]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) -
The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM -
The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) -
The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) -
The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) -
The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) -
The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) -
The Brian Burke Award (best draft) -
The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) -
The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) -

[norrya66]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) -
The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM -
The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) -
The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) -
The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) -
The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) -
The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) -
The Brian Burke Award (best draft) -
The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) -
The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) -

[Tyler]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) -
The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM -
The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) -
The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) -
The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) -
The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) -
The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) -
The Brian Burke Award (best draft) -
The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) -
The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) -

[izaman3]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) SlackJack is always active. I wish I was more like him   

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM) Tony is consistently competing around here. He's assembled such a great team and still makes moves to try to make it better.

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) Rob - Seguin and Stamkos is killer

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) Drew - Ovechkin, Hall, Pacioretty is the easy choice here

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) Mariner - Kane, Pavelski, Tarasenko, Stone... so strong on the right

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) SlackJack - Burns, Karlsson, Suter is great, but coming in at a really close second is

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) Cho - Holtby, Schneider, Vasilevski and Condon stepping in for an injured Price

The Brian Burke Award (best draft) Winter - They did have some great picks including Conner McDavid

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) I feel like this team should have finished way higher in the standings. It's got some talent. I think its current GM is really going to show us something next year 

The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) Cho - Such a big improvement and the team still has all its draft picks and some good young talent. Talk about not having to sell your future just to improve now.

[abbyroad]

I know I have just copied and pasted these awards but they are my sentiments exactly.Special mention to Dallas....for making the playoffs.....Boston and Montreal for having solid GM's. This league is in really good shape moving forward and I'm looking forward to a new off season.......





The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board) -
The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM -
The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers) -
The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings) -
The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings) -
The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen) -
The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies) -
The Brian Burke Award (best draft) -
The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team) -
The Dale Tallon Award (most improved team) -