Current Awards & Award Nominations

[Drew]

We are quickly coming to the conclusion of another season here at Backyard and what a season it has been. Lately I have been busy and unable to do roster updates but there has been only IR placements so it can easily all be done on fantrax.

Awards to be Hand Out:
Stanley Cup Champion - Chicago Blackhawks
- 20% discount for 2012-13 season

Stanley Cup Runner-Up - Ottawa Senators
- 10% discount for 2012-13 season

3rd Place - Edmonton Oilers
- no discount, ProFSL points only

Orr Division Trophy - Ottawa Senators
Howe Division Trophy - Toronto Maple Leafs
Richard Division Trophy - Buffalo Sabres
Messier Division Trophy - Chicago Blackhawks
Gretzky Division Trophy - Edmonton Oilers
Lemieux Division Trophy - Colorado Avalanche
- 5% discount for 2012-13 season

Backyard President Trophy - Chicago Blackhawks
- 10% discount for 2012-13 season

Sportsbook 1st Place - Tony
Sportsbook 2nd Place - Gilly
Sportsbook 3rd Place - Drew

Taking Nominations on the Following Awards
- there will be a vote for any non-unanimous nominations
 
The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)


The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)


The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)


The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)


The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)


The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)
for signing James Reimer at $10.0m for 4 years

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)

[Drew]

Nominations:

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

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
- Tony
- favo_zomg
- BeanTown

The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)
- http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=48479.0
- Chicago acquired Karlsson who is tearing up and Kronwall for prospects, may put them over the edge for playoffs

The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)
- http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=36330.0
- Still a bad trade for Dallas

The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)
- Brent Seabrook signed for 3.0m for 3 years
- Jack Johnson signed for 2.2m for 2 years

The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)
- James Reimer signed for 10.0m for 4 years

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)
Edmonton with Hopkins, Getzlaf, Tavares, Oshie
Boston with Seguin, Couture, Krejci, M. Richards
Dallas with Staal, Thornton, Zetterberg

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)
Los Angeles with Hall, Benn, Landeskog, Kennedy
Edmonton with Kovalchuk, Dupuis, Hartnell, Perron
Chicago with Kunitz, Pacioretty, Whitney, Malone

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)
Chicago with Kessel, Sharp, Brown, Read
Calgary with Perry, Burrows, Pominville
Montreal with Giroux, Hossa, Alfredsson
Ottawa with Selanne, Gaborik, Parenteau

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)
Chicago with Karlsson, Kronwall, Seabrook, Suter
- don't know of anyone that can compare with Chicago here

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)
Edmonton with Ward and Lehotnen
Chicago with Anderson, Vokoun, and Quick
Ottawa with Lundqvist and Crawford
LA with Bryz and Hiller

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)
- copying my previous answer
VAN got 4 picks in the top 12
EDM got Hopkins, Siemens, Noesen, Bartschi, J. Gibson
WAS got Larsson, Zibanejad, Scheifele

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)
Philly was hit with a lot of injuries
Columbus for having to play LA and EDM 10 times this year

[BeanTown]

Nominations:

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)
- Tony
- Gilly
- Drew

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
- Tony
- favo_zomg
- Drew

The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)
Agree the Chicago trade was huge as Karlsson is a stud, even though he likely wont be re-signed CHI didnt give up much to push him to a cup this year.

My homer pick is I got Malkin and Evander Kane for Kovie, Subban and dumped Vermette, worked out HUGE for me.

The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)
Hard to argue this one as an All-Star goalie and a pick for 2 role players

The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)
-  Brent Seabrook signed for 3.0m for 3 years
-  Jack Johnson signed for 2.2m for 2 years
-  P.A Parenteau has been my very best signing at just over 2M

The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)
-  James Reimer signed for 10.0m for 4 years (noone can argue this one)

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)
Edmonton with Hopkins, Getzlaf, Tavares, Oshie
Boston with Seguin, Couture, Krejci, M. Richards

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)
Los Angeles with Hall, Benn, Landeskog, Kennedy

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)
Montreal with Giroux, Hossa, Alfredsson

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)
Chicago with Karlsson, Kronwall, Seabrook, Suter
- don't know of anyone that can compare with Chicago here (Agreed, sick D line)

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)
Chicago with Anderson, Vokoun, and Quick
This CHI because they have been so solid start to finish

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)
- copying Drew's answer here
VAN got 4 picks in the top 12
EDM got Hopkins, Siemens, Noesen, Bartschi, J. Gibson
WAS got Larsson, Zibanejad, Scheifele

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)
Columbus for me as he had a great team just hard luck in a near possible division

[Drew]

I am pretty happy with this one, it was one of my first trades. I guess it was made after your last award show but not in this season. I dont know if its legit.

The Chuck Fletcher award:

Boston Gets:
-Varlamov
-Seguin
-Skille

Dallas Gets:
-Michael Grabner

I don't know how that passed, that worked out great for you.

[Tony]

Drew did a great job in the first post for nominations. I agree with a lot of his opinions. 

 
The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)
1) Tony
2) Beantown
3) Drew

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
1) Tony
2) Drew
3) Beantown

The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)
1) getting Karlsson and Kronwall for prospects at the deadline was good.

The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=39810.0 
1) made a really bad trade here because he could have got way more or gave up less.

The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)
1) Brent Seabrook signed for 3.0m for 3 years
2) Jack Johnson signed for 2.2m for 2 years

The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)
1) James Reimer signed for 10.0m for 4 years (this was the worst in Backyard History)

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)
1)   Seguin, Couture, Krejci, M. Richards
2)   Hopkins, Getzlaf, Tavares, Oshie
 

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)
1)   Hall, Benn, Landeskog, Kennedy
2) Kovalchuk, Dupuis, Hartnell, Perron
3) Kunitz, Pacioretty, Whitney, Malone

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)
1) Kessel, Sharp, Brown, Read
2) Perry, Burrows, Pominville, Skinner
3) with Giroux, Hossa, Alfredsson


The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)
1) Karlsson, Kronwall, Seabrook, Suter


The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)
1) Anderson, Vokoun, and Quick
2) Ward and Lehtonen
3) Lundqvist and Crawford

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)
1) Mikael Granlund, Hishon, Gardiner, Visentin, Toffoli
2) Hopkins, Siemens, Noesen, Bartschi, J. Gibson
3) Huberdeau, Pulkkinen, Beck, Dalpe

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)
1) Injuries and so many G.M.'s
2) had to play Montreal and Buffalo 10 times a year.

[favo_zomg]

The Dean Lombardi Award (most active on the ProFSL board)
1) Tony
2) Beantown
3) Drew

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
1) Tony
2) Drew
3) Beantown

The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)
1) getting Karlsson and Kronwall for prospects at the deadline was good.

The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=39810.0 
1) made a really bad trade here because he could have got way more or gave up less.

The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)
1) Brent Seabrook signed for 3.0m for 3 years
2) Jack Johnson signed for 2.2m for 2 years

The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)
1) James Reimer signed for 10.0m for 4 years (this was the worst in Backyard History)

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)
1)   Seguin, Couture, Krejci, M. Richards
2)   Hopkins, Getzlaf, Tavares, Oshie
 

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)
1)   Hall, Benn, Landeskog, Kennedy
2) Kovalchuk, Dupuis, Hartnell, Perron
3) Kunitz, Pacioretty, Whitney, Malone

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)
1) Kessel, Sharp, Brown, Read
2) Perry, Burrows, Pominville, Skinner
3) with Giroux, Hossa, Alfredsson


The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)
1) Karlsson, Kronwall, Seabrook, Suter


The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)
1) Anderson, Vokoun, and Quick
2) Ward and Lehtonen
3) Lundqvist and Crawford

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)
1) Mikael Granlund, Hishon, Gardiner, Visentin, Toffoli
2) Hopkins, Siemens, Noesen, Bartschi, J. Gibson
3) Huberdeau, Pulkkinen, Beck, Dalpe

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)
1) Injuries and so many G.M.'s
2) had to play Montreal and Buffalo 10 times this year.
3) :CLB: having to play against EDM and LA 10 times this year.

[Rob]

This is excellent.  I'm stealing it for DNHL, just FYI!

 

[Drew]

This is excellent.  I'm stealing it for DNHL, just FYI!

 

That is fine but hopefully you can come up with your own names too haha.

[Mariner]

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

Tony, Drew, Gilly, Beantown

The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)

Tony

The Chuck Fletcher Award (for the best trade - trade that worked out best for that respective team)

I may be a little biased but this trade worked out well for me http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=39810.0

The Glen Sather Award (for the worst trade - trade that just didn't work out)

Same trade as above as LA gave up a lot for Backes

The Paul Holmgren Award (for best signing)

Brent Seabrook signed for 3.0m for 3 years by Chicago                                                                                                                                               Jack Johnson signed for 2.2m for 2 years by Pittsburgh

I agree that these were two great signings

The Lou Lamoriello Award (for worst signing)

James Reimer signed for 10.0m for 4 years

By far the worst signing

The Wayne Gretzky Award (best centers)

1-Boston with Seguin, Couture, Krejci, M. Richards
2-Edmonton with Hopkins, Getzlaf, Tavares, Oshie

The Luc Robitaille Award (best left wings)

Los Angeles with Hall, Benn, Landeskog, Kennedy
Hall, Benn, and Landeskog are all young players who will be great for many years

The Gordie Howe Award (best right wings)

Chicago with Kessel, Sharp, Brown, Read                                                                                                                                                       Tough call for RW but I will go with Chicago

The Bobby Orr Award (best defensemen)

Chicago with Karlsson, Kronwall, Seabrook, Suter
I will go with Chicago as well as they do have the best D

The Patrick Roy Award (best goalies)

Ottawa with Lundqvist and Crawford
I know Crawford has struggled some but I still like him going forward and Lundqvist is the best in the league right now.

The Brian Burke Award (best draft)

1-WAS got Larsson, Zibanejad, Scheifele
2-EDM got Hopkins, Siemens, Noesen, Bartschi, J. Gibson

The Eric Lindros Award (most unluckiest team)

Philadelphia

[CBJ61]

Not to take away from anybody else, but I think my Jackets LW's have gotten over looked.  I would stack them up with any.  My top 3 are all in top 20 scoring for LW's this season. 

Zach Parise
Milan Michalek
Rick Nash
Lauri Korpikoski