2023 NHL Awards tonight (June 26). TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS.

[Rasmus_]

Congrats to Linus Ullmark.  What a fantastic person and a solid goalie.  Wish it would have happened in Buffalo.

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Taro T said:

And about 10 of the voters didn't have Power in the top 5 either.

Playing through that injury right around the ASG really knocked him down the board.  Hoping he takes that personally.  As good as last year was for him, expecting this to be his breakout year.

8th too low 

[Taro T]

Just now, Thorny said:

8th too low 

Absolutely.  And had he not played through that injury where he didn't really score at all for about 4 weeks he'd've been top 5 minimum.

As stated above, hope he takes it personally and comes out with a Thurman Thomas style chip on his shoulder.  He doesn't need it, but man, watching him play 82+ games ticked off could be a lot of fun.

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Taro T said:

Absolutely.  And had he not played through that injury where he didn't really score at all for about 4 weeks he'd've been top 5 minimum.

As stated above, hope he takes it personally and comes out with a Thurman Thomas style chip on his shoulder.  He doesn't need it, but man, watching him play 82+ games ticked off could be a lot of fun.

I know but I’m saying he should have been 4-5th regardless 

Had he not slowed down at all he was easily 2nd 

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

I know but I’m saying he should have been 4-5th regardless 

Had he not slowed down at all he was easily 2nd 

Well, he should've been 3rd at worst regardless.  And am biased, but believe he should've won anyhow.  But had he gone on the shelf for 3 weeks instead of having no appreciable counting stats for about 4 week he would've been top 4 definitely.

[inkman]

Powsie got that hair flip down

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

1 hour ago, Thorny said:

A victory for points! 

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Dahlin finished 8th lmao 

Probably saved the Sabres some money on his new contract.

[French Collection]

Karlsson wins because of his scoring.

Dahlin out scores Lindholm by 20 points and finishes 4 spots behind him. 

 

[Buffalonill]

Dahlin being 8th  Biggest joke of the night Once again the NHL shows why they're a circus

Edited June 27, 2023 by Buffalonill

[USMCSnyper]

This show...for what I could stomach to watch...was CRINGEWORTHY. 

Drinking beer out of the cup?  

PS - Hey, Liam....nobody wants to see or hear you. This isn't about you.

[klos1963]

13 hours ago, Eleven said:

Power really should have won--he is better than Beniers and Wrong Skinner--but let's also keep in mind that Myers won the thing.  

OK.  So reruns of Law and Order it is!  

I'm pretty confident in saying that if Levi puts up Skinner numbers, 50 games, 29 wins..., not only will Sabre fans expect ROY, but MVP consideration as well. Skinner had a tremendous season for a rookie goalie. No shame in Power finishing 3rd, and he got better every game he played as the season wore on. 

 

[Eleven]

2 minutes ago, klos1963 said:

I'm pretty confident in saying that if Levi puts up Skinner numbers, 50 games, 29 wins..., not only will Sabre fans expect ROY, but MVP consideration as well. Skinner had a tremendous season for a rookie goalie. No shame in Power finishing 3rd, and he got better every game he played as the season wore on. 

 

Don't you get rational with me.

[klos1963]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

Don't you get rational with me.

Sorry,  I wasn't myself when I woke up this morning. 

[klos1963]

6 hours ago, French Collection said:

Karlsson wins because of his scoring.

Dahlin out scores Lindholm by 20 points and finishes 4 spots behind him. 

 

Voters probably thought he played a big role in Boston winning 65 games.

[msw2112]

Although an argument could be made for Power to have won, Beniers and Skinner also had excellent seasons and were deserving.  Dahlin finishing 8th was pretty bad.  If NHL GM's could rank the defensemen as to which one they'd want on their roster right now, I suspect that Dahlin would be in the top 3 for all of them.  I think that Makar and Dahlin would be the top 2 on almost every ranking.  Makar has shown a little bit more to date, but he's also played on a much better team.  I suspect that as the Sabres improve and ascend, that Dahlin's numbers will get even better and he'll stand out more.  I'm very happy with the trajectory of the Sabres, but they still are a non-playoff team until they make the playoffs, so that impacts the perception of their players on a league-wide basis.