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Originally Posted by GioforPM
What’s wrong with a defensive dman award, for guys like Tanev? And what’s wrong with it being named for a defensive Dman?
Orr revolutionized the game, but at the same time he’s a huge reason defensive men aren’t recognized as much. TBF, I’m not sure he revolutionized the position as much as he was just unique at it. Not many guys after him played that way - Guys like Coffey, Karlsson, Subban sometimes would rush like Orr did, but nowhere near as often.
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Tanev is a nice player but we don't need to go looking for awards for players like that. The more awards there are, the less meaningful they are.
The names of the real NHL awards honor the history of the game. If you want to change that and honor the greatest players by naming awards after them, the list is awfully long before you get to Rod Langway.