2012/2013 DNHL awards voting

[Rob]

Please vote:

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

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)

-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)

[Rob]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board)
Jared's such a great asset to the league and deserves the award this year.  Not only is he active with his team, he keeps the transaction board nice and tidy updating rosters every day.

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
I'm going with 2 teams for this award:
  The wire to wire front runner this year.  Detroit is close here due to points, but since St Louis has 3 more wins, they get the nod for me. 
  Ryan has done an amazing job turning things around in Winnipeg so I need to give him some love here.  Thanks for hanging in there with that franchise, it's tough to find good owners to turn teams around. 

-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers)
  Ian has 4 of the top 20 scoring centers in the league... Tavares, Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Elias.

-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings)
Brian's stacked on the left side with Ovi, Ladd and Semin.  I know Semin is playing the right side in real life, but this is fantasy land and he's eligible and that's what I go by...

-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)
The Dupuis and Parenteau combo is lethal.  These guys are the reason Philly claimed a playoff seed this year (along with great goaltending...)

-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen)
Big Buff, Suter and Seabrook.  Chicago is stacked on D.

-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies)
2 of the top 10 goalies in Howard and Nabokov. 

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)
Ouch!  Tampa had more points than 3 teams that made the dance this year.  Don't worry, Tubby, it appears this award earns you good juju for the following year.  Look at LA who got screwed last year, they made the playoffs this year when 2 other teams that aren't in it (including yourself) had more fantasy points. 

[GypsieDeathBringer]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board)  -  I'll give it to Snugerud.  I switch players in and out and bid on new players to drop old ones way more than any person should.  Snugerud keeps on top of all of it.

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)  -  Has to be St. Louis.  They would've had 100 more points if Spezza played the whole year and probably would've flirted with being undefeated.

-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers)  -  Philly wins this for me.  Red Wins have more point producers but I don't see them playing at that level for long.  Philly has Duchene, Giroux and Kopitar.  Nasty.

-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings)  -  Washington with a great resigning of Semin this offseason paid off big time. 

-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)  -  Pittsburgh takes this with Stewart, Voracek and trading for Burrows. 

-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen)  -  St. Louis has this on lockdown for years to come with Weber, Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo, and Hedman

-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies) -  Edmonton sneaks this from Chicago.  They have Rinne, who even on a down year is top 5 good, and Dubnyk who can only get better as the Oilers learn to play defense. 

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)  -  Obviously Tampa Bay being the last team in the most difficult division. Probably 2nd or 3rd any other divison and in the playoffs.  I can hear the calls for realignment coming.   

[Rob]

I updated my vote for Ken Holland to include

[snugerud]

-The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board)  I am going to split this with Carolina and Winnipeg.  Both keep me pretty busy processing their transactions all season. 

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)  St.Louis by a hair

-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers) So many to choose from.  eni ,meni miny moo,  St. Louis because they have 3 centers in the top 20 for pts per game.

-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings) Detroit  hands down, datsyuk, elias, franzen, zetterburg, fippula, huddler and haglien

-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)  Going Carolina on this one.

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

-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies) Philly had this award hands down to start the year but after they moved one I feel Detroit has robbed him of the title.

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)  -- off the board with Anahiem simply because had he set his lines in week 8 he would have cake walked into a bye week.

[Rob]

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)  -  Obviously Tampa Bay being the last team in the most difficult division. Probably 2nd or 3rd any other divison and in the playoffs.  I can hear the calls for realignment coming.   

The division didn't really hurt him since we played a balanced schedule.  Even if he was in the Canada division he would have missed the playoffs. Still crapy luck though!

[norrya66]

I was having a hard time deciding, and was going to wait to see some other people's ballots, but i'll jump in this very soon

[norrya66]

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

I don't think an explanation is needed here. 

-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)

  I just think Rob did the most with the least this year.  Not saying his roster isn't good, but doesn't jump off the page like some teams.  He has also made some great deals throughout the season.  And, I can't vote for myself! 

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

I've picked a lot of other catagories due to depth, but really like the top end talent with Stamkos and Huberdeau. Spezza, Berglund and Steen are good depth.

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

Pretty loaded at the top end, and has some nice depth.

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

Rob is loaded. Perry, Iginla, Ryder and Horton.  Enough said.

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

This one was close, but with the depth of Leddy, Corvo, and Goligoski, I leadned towards them.

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

Pretty loaded with Hiller as the 3rd option.  Price and Quick are both great young goalies.

-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)

Already been said.  Tough luck to not get in the playoffs.

[Anthony]

Ill weigh in on this soon enough. I have been a bit busy as of late

[Whomp]

The Gordie Howe Award (most active on the board)
? No vote
-The Ken Holland Award (most outstanding GM)
Blues
-The Wayne Gretzky Award (team w/ best centers)
Detroit
-The Brendan Shanahan Award (team w/ best left wings)
Washington
-The Jaromir Jagr Award (team w/ best right wings)
Philadelphia
-The Bobby Orr Award (team w/ best defensemen)
Blackhawks
-The Dominik Hasek Award (team w/ best goalies)
Detroit
-The Bad Juju Award (most unluckiest team)
TB