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The Mid-July Awards
by Paul on 07/09/09 at 12:26 PM ET
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from Adam Proteau of The Hockey News,
In mid-July, most NHL people get themselves as far from an ice rink as possible. For them and those who report and comment on them, the summertime is all about decompression, rejuvenation and reflection.
We can’t help you unwind or juvenate, but we have all kinds of reflecting going on up in this hizzy – whatever a hizzy might be. And what better way to reflect on the 2008-09 season than by handing out a few of our own honors that may or may not be named The Proteau’s Types Awards for years to come.
PROTEAU’S TYPE FOR FEEL-BEST STORY OF THE YEAR:
Runners-up: The St. Louis Blues’ late-season run; Tim Thomas’ career year; The Columbus Blue Jackets’ first-ever playoff appearance; Steve Sullivan’s long-shot comeback.
Winner: The Renaissance of the Chicago Blackhawks.
From the hugely successful 2009 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field to the increased talent level that powered them to an appearance in the Western Conference final, there was little that didn’t go better than planned for the Hawks last year.
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How about making sure the winning team’s captain recognizes that he can be the center of attention all he wants after he shakes the hands of the losing players? That would solve everything.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/09/09 at 01:47 PM ET
That’s why Rosby doesn’t deserve the “C”...not yet anyway.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/09/09 at 12:49 PM ET
How about making sure the winning team’s captain recognizes that he can be the center of attention all he wants after he shakes the hands of the losing players? That would solve everything.
How about making sure that the losing team recognises that the winning team and their captain will be the center of attention immediately after the game, and waiting more than a couple of minutes for the initial jubilation to end. Perhaps spend a few extra minutes applauding their own fans in the building for their support throughout the season. That would solve everything. (Except climate change and other minor problems in the grand scheme of things.)
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 07/09/09 at 01:08 PM ET
How about making sure that the losing team recognises that the winning team and their captain will be the center of attention immediately after the game, and waiting more than a couple of minutes for the initial jubilation to end.
That’s the selfish way to do things, Moq. Every end-of-series celebration I’ve seen begins with the winning team quickly lining up to shake the losing players’ hands. It’s the gracious thing to do and it’s one of the things that separates hockey players from players in other sports.
Cindy claims to be very knowledgeable about hockey history. But he just couldn’t tear himself away from being the center of attention to do the “historically” correct thing. As Drew says, it’s why he doesn’t deserve the “C”.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/09/09 at 01:27 PM ET
Are we really going to go through this all over again?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/09/09 at 01:34 PM ET
That’s the selfish way to do things, Moq. Every end-of-series celebration I’ve seen begins with the winning team quickly lining up to shake the losing players’ hands. It’s the gracious thing to do and it’s one of the things that separates hockey players from players in other sports.
As I did in the previous response, it would be easy to turn the selfishness around, or even make it a question of lack of respect either way. Sore winners or sore losers. Both parties are equally responsible for the lack of graciousness of the happening. Traditions are important, yet I share Proteau’s opinion about the neglect of proportions by the complainers. Not to mention people like me wasting time defending something that insignificant, but I blame myself for that.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 07/09/09 at 02:17 PM ET
Both parties are equally responsible for the lack of graciousness of the happening.
Yup, no doubt about. That damn Nick Lidstrom is just about the most ungracious guy in hockey. I hope he has the balls to apologize to Cindy some day for not waiting until he was good and g-d ready to shake hands with the losing team.
Poor Cindy. Wrongfully accused of being a baby yet again.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/09/09 at 02:47 PM ET
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Proteau’s list includes getting Bettman out of the Cup presentation and keeping the media off the ice. How about making sure the winning team’s captain recognizes that he can be the center of attention all he wants after he shakes the hands of the losing players? That would solve everything.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/09/09 at 12:47 PM ET