The Nation Awards: Voting Time
By baggedmilk
7 years ago
Last week I asked you for nominees for the Nation Awards, and today we start the voting to determine the winners. The PHWA may not let you help with these kind of decisions but we certainly will.
After going through your comments, and the feedback we got on Twitter, we put together the list of Nation Award finalists for you guys to vote on. Now it’s time for you to put on your best newsie cap and vote for the player you think should win. This could be the most important award show on the planet so I encourage you to vote for every award, and study the nominees carefully.
Without further adieu it’s time to start the voting…
1) While the rest of the world is talking about who the best player in the NHL is, we want to know who’s the best at being the worst.
2) Remember when everyone (*cough* MACT! *cough*) wrote Devan Dubnyk off a few years back? In this category, we’re looking to find the next Devan Dubnyk. Essentially, this category is aimed at who you think is going rebound after going through a horrible season, or even a couple of seasons.
3) We all know the guys like Crosby, Malkin, Letang, etc that led a team like the Penguins, but we’re looking for the glue that keeps the whole thing together. We’re looking for a player that gets his nose dirty, plays the hard minutes, but doesn’t necessarily get the credit they deserve.
4) There’s always “that guy.” That one player that drives you nuts, runs around the ice, takes cheap shots, and probably won’t back it up when shit hits the fan. Or just a guy whose face screams “HIT ME WITH A BLUNT OBJECT!”
5) The least likely to be seen award is pretty self explanatory. For this category we’re looking for the player that you think has seen his last days in the NHL. As Oilers fans would know, we’ve seen plenty of players come and go over the years and this award is meant to honour them. Some may see this as a slap in the face while we see it as a tribute to a player that will have played more time in the NHL than we ever will.
6) In Craig MacTavish’s 2014-15 season ending press conference he qualified the progress late in the season by the team’s ability to make “six or seven passes” in succession. Whether you consider the ability for an NHL team to make several passes in a row an improvement or not is inconsequential. We’ve taken this gem of a MacQuote to create a category for the player that showed moderate improvement throughout the year.
7) No explanation needed.
8) Choose your favourite manscaper!
9) Which coach does it right. Simple. Easy.
10) We’re looking for the play that made you laugh and cringe at the same time. Worst play of the day? Forget it. We want the worst play of the year.
11) This is the category where you nominate whatever keeps you sane after what was another miserable season as an Oilers fan…
The voting will run through the weekend and we’ll be announcing the winners early next week right back here on the Nation. Have fun, vote, and share with your buddies – these awards are all in good fun. Did we miss anyone that should have been nominated? Call us out on it in the comments section.
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