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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
As much as Backlund deserves consideration, I wouldn't be surprised if the Selke goes to one of the "usual suspects" OR a Teammate of a "usual suspect"...I was quite surprised to hear, during the Bruins'/'Hawks' game, that the Boston TV guys were proposing Anisimov, as a Selke candidate...also, on the 'Hawks, Hossa gets a lot of props for his relentless backchecking...I am NOT saying that those two would win the Selke, but, when opponent TV guys tout the possibility of those alternate candidates, especially TV guys from the opposite conference, then there IS a buzz for those particular players.
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Agreed. I've seen a couple of articles having Brad Marchand as the favourite for the Selke. the Selke has always kind of been the usual suspects every year no matter what it seems. Tough for a guy like Backlund to break in.