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Originally Posted by thymebalm
What makes a Selke winner or candidate?
Is it plus/minus? Is it PK skill? Is it 2-way play?
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The Selke is goes to the best defensive forward. There is no objective criteria for it. It's all subjective.
In practice, the Selke and the Lady Byng are really career recognition trophies. It is nearly always veterans with a long resume that are voted winners. Extra credit if you score lots of goals and points as well. That's how someone like Kopitar is one of the top three vote-getters despite a pretty meh season.
And I agree with Transplant. If Monahan can build a body of work over the next few seasons that match what he did this year, his name is going to appear on this trophy.