Abel to Yzerman
Next entry: Khan(!) Makes A Bid To Maintain Deep Digger Captaincy
Previous entry: Dear Gary: I Apologize
Late To The Party: Hank Named TSN Player Of The Year
by IwoCPO on 06/13/08 at 06:40 PM ET
Comments (5)
I’m late, not Hank. I’m sure you’ve all read this over on the varsity page (like Malik, AlanaH is a posting machine), but somebody seems to think Zetterberg’s pretty good.
The inaugural TSN NHL Player of the Year featured a showdown between playoff co-scoring leader and MVP, Zetterberg, and regular season scoring leader and MVP, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. Zetterberg prevailed with 97 points including 13 first-place votes, while Ovechkin was runner up with 81 points and 12 first-place nods. Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom finished third with 38 points including three first-place votes.
Filed in: | Abel to Yzerman | Permalink
Tags: fellow+bloggers, zetterberg,
Comments
Forget the Red Wings shoes and Stanley Cup hats and t-shirts - what this team needs is a Detroit Red Wings shopping cart to carry all their stuff.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/13/08 at 08:00 PM ET
Agree with both comments. As far as production on the ice goes, with a President’s Trophy (and therefore a division title as well), a Stanley Cup, the Conn Smythe, the Jennings,the Selke, the Lady Bing, the Norris, the TSN award, and nominees for the Adams, the Selke, and the Masterson, this might be the most decorated year in Wings history.
Between AO and the Wings, its a miracle anybody else won anything at all.
Posted by John from Pittsburgh, PA (Wings fan for life!) on 06/13/08 at 09:11 PM ET
Forget the Red Wings shoes and Stanley Cup hats and t-shirts - what this team needs is a Detroit Red Wings shopping cart to carry all their stuff.
Hah....and they can call it The Hasek! but beware, the edges will fall off any minute…
Posted by Osrt on 06/14/08 at 03:01 AM ET
question on the voting. I know for the individual trophies the playoffs don’t count. but do they vote before the playoffs start? hard to imagine that they could block it out of their minds completely if they were to vote after the Finals were over.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/16/08 at 12:50 PM ET
Add a Comment
Please limit embedded image or media size to 575 pixels wide.
Add your own avatar by joining Kukla's Korner, or logging in and uploading one in your member control panel.
Captchas bug you? Join KK or log in and you won't have to bother.
Most Recent Blog Posts
GDT - Game #70: Red Wings at Oilers (9:30)
LB: Do We Have Clearance For A Game Of Critical Importance, Clarence? Roger, Roger
GDT - Game #69: Red Wings at Flames (9:30)
Only Two Weeks Left To Get Your Pimp Hats
GDT - Game #68: Red Wings host Sabres (7:00)
About Abel to Yzerman
Welcome to Abel to Yzerman, a Red Wing blog since 1977. No other site on the internet has better-researched, fact-laden and better prepared discussions than A2Y. Re-phrase: we do little research, find facts and stats highly overrated and claim little to no preparation. There are 19 readers of A2Y. No more, no less. All of them, except maybe one, are juvenile in nature. Reminding them of that in the comment section will only encourage them to prove that. Your suggestions and critiques are welcome:
Check the latest NHL odds at the Internet’s most trusted online sportsbook
Canadian players can also bet on NHL games at the Canadian sports betting site
A2Y Stuff
-----------------------------
Wanna Feel Smart?
Does confusion make you sad? When you read words like "enigma" and phrases like "Thanks Gary. Ass", do you wonder why mean people speak in languages you don't understand? Fret no longer friend! The A2Y Glossary will bring you great joy and enlightenment.
-----------------------------
How Others View The A2Y 19
"Like them or hate them, it's not a good idea to start a battle with "the 19" and the Chief. 'Nuff said."
--Astute reader at Dater's All Things Avs
"Hell, I guarantee the content co-opters at Abel to Yzerman were about to link this article under the heading “Bitter Blues Fans” again right up until they just read that last half-sentance. Thanks but no thanks, you Kukla hangers-on."
--St. Louis Game Time
"I realize it’s the slow summer season, but can this guy tone down the tough-guy histrionics? His posts are fatiguing on an otherwise excellent site."
--A2Y Fan, Eternal_Fields
"I constantly marvel at how Bill (IwoCPO) and his disciples at Abel To Yzerman can be so pompous and full of themselves throughout every regular season, but come playoff time they collapse into wavering puddles of stress and nervousness as they anxiously await the impending and unavoidable collapse of the Red Wings in the post-season."
--Mile High Hockey
"I hate them because they are better than us. Of all the frigging teams…"
--In The Cheap Seats
"It's just a shame that the most classless, uneducated, lowbrow fanbase in the league gets this sweep. Red Wing fans don't deserve their team."
--Thhom
"I really don’t care what fans or bloggers think."
--Drew Sharp
"Why is it you Detroit fans are still so classless when you have such a classy hockey team, with such a professional GM and gentlemen players? I understand that the author of this blog is a manner-less cad, but the rest of you should be better."
--A2Y Fan, Jeff Beaumont
"Have you ever *read* A2Y? Its the most opinionated, juvenile stuff i've read."
--Paul Nicholson
"I actually like the Detroit team and have a sh&% load of respect for them, but their fans are the biggest douches next to Canadians."
--KStewy, PensBlog Commenter
"Just when it looks like we have bottomed out, the 19 hit a new low."
-A2Y legend, Hockeytown Todd
"And for the record, I don't hate the Red Wings, I hate their fans."
--Douche Bag at Puck Daddy who isn't Wyshynski
"You’re nothing but a douchebag ****, c3po. Go f**k yourself, and learn something about hockey in the process. Nothing ruins my day more than seeing your byline on the kk page."
--Hector, A2Y fan, statesman, Pittsburgh Chapter of Jonas Brothers Fan Club President
"I can just imagine the kindergarten teacher’s reaction when the tyke blurts out 'Mommy says Gary Bettman is a f*cking f*ckface! He wants to give ‘Rosby the bad touch.' ”
--Bella, of the 19
"A2Y is what other blog sites aspire to be when they fail to grow up: intelligent immaturity for the juvenile genius set”
--Captain Dennis Polonich, of the 19
With this hardware as well as the others, this is quite possibly THE finest year in Red Wings history.
Congrats all around to the Best Franchise is sports. Well deserved.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, Nevada on 06/13/08 at 07:39 PM ET