This is such a strange award. It was originally meant to be awarded to a player who had the most gentlemanly demeanour on the ice. Now the nominees are basically whichever of the top 40 scorers have the lowest penalty minutes. I guess with so many teams in the league today, most of the people doing the voting don't really know much about the players at all, besides stats.
Same with the Selke award. Defensive play requires a degree of expertise and knowledge with all the players in the league, not just the stars. Too hard. So today it goes to whichever of the 30 scorers seems to be good defensively.
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Originally Posted by fotze
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