Overlooked Awards and Their Likely Winners

Here is a list of awards which, for some reason, have been completely overlooked by the league of national hockey players as well as the league of nations and the odds on favorites for each award at this point in the year.

Jim Carey Award- Odds On Favorite: Carey Price

This award goes to the player who best exemplifies the ability to be an absolutely incredible goaltender for one season early in his career and then just implode. Now, I'm not willing to say Price is cooked yet. However, the true spirit of the award is for someone who "exemplifies" those capabilities, not necessarily achieves them and price has certainly has shown the ability to implode.

HM: Steve Mason


Alexander Daigle Award-Favorite: Nikita Filatov

This award is not given to the player who best exemplifies the ability to be taken in the top 10 of a draft and then eventually fade out with the team that drafted him. Now, I think Filatov will have a long and illustrious career. Just not with a Ken Hitchcock coached team.

HM: Gilbert Brule, Any draft pick that ever played for Ken Hitchcock... ever

Davey Jones Peg Leg Award-Odds On Favorite: Anze Kopitar

Now, again, I'm fully aware that Anze Kopitar has 2, fully functional legs. But come on, if one player in the NHL only had one leg it would be Kopitar, right? Maybe not. Just think about it.

HM: Any player whose name sounds pirate-y

Pavel Bure Back-checking award-Odds On Favorite: Jason Blake

This award is given to the player who best exemplifies a clear hatred or inability in the field of backchecking. If the puck is in their zone it's pretty much a 5 on 4.

HM:Daniel Briere

Wendel Clark Award for Best Moustache-Odds on Favorite: George Parros

Make no mistake, that is one glorious 'stache.


Mikael Handzus Award for Silliest Hair- Odds On Favorite: Scott Hartnell*

'Nuff said

HM: Noone, his hair is THAT silly
*The irony is not lost on me that Handzus is not even an "HM" for an award named after him whilst he is still active



Al Iafrete award for hair that makes me the saddest when I imagine my future-Odds on Favorite: Mark Recchi

'Nuff sad ---> :-(

HM: Any NHL player who's hair reminds me that my childhood heroes are mortal.



Well, there you have it, the list of awards not formally recognized by the NHL. Ones that, by all accounts, should be. It is, in my expert opinion, the biggest travesty in professional sports that Scott Hartnell's hair is not universally recognized as silly.

--TFS