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Defensemen Apparently Not Gentlemen
by Alanah McGinley on 06/11/08 at 08:43 PM ET
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From Jeff Z. Klein at the NYT Slap Shot,
Can you name the last time a defenseman was awarded the Lady Byng Trophy, the honor for the league’s most gentlemanly player?
As you think about that — and about the NHL Award ceremonies Thursday night — bear in mind that according to league criteria, the Byng is to go to the “player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.” Nothing in there says “forwards only.”
Give up? The last time the Lady Byng was awarded to a defenceman: 1954. Red Kelly was the winner.
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Lidstrom deserves the Norris, Hart and Lady Byng trophies. And while they’re at it, the NHL should create a new award for lifetime/career achievement—call it the Gordie Howe trophy—and give that bad boy to Nick too!
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 06/12/08 at 09:28 AM ET
I don’t have a problem with the concept of a player who can do his job without being a nasty player. Lidstrom rarely throws a check, but he does his job just fine, and as far as I’m concerned, Pavel Datsyuk laid out the most underrated check of the Finals when he smashed Sidney Crosby into the side boards with a clean check.
I do wish they’d toss a different trophy out for gentlemanly play, though, as the Lady Byng is the ugliest duckling of the NHL’s awards.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/12/08 at 11:51 AM ET
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With all due respect…
it’s the Lady friggin’ Byng! (Almost) Nobody gives a crap.
If Klein wants to tilt at windmills, how about Lidstrom for the Hart?
Posted by shep from california on 06/12/08 at 01:22 AM ET