Ovechkin Takes Hart

The NHL has announced the award winners for 2007-08 this evening.

Washington Capitals F Alex Ovechkin takes the cake winning the Hart Trophy as league MVP, the Lester B. Pearson award as the player's choice for MVP, The Art Ross trophy as the top point scorer this season, and the Rocket Richard for leading the league in goals. It got leaked out a little while ago in the form of a t-shirt that had Ovechkin as the MVP.

Red Wings D Niklas Lidstrom picked up his sixth Noris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman. I'd say that he definitly deserved it.

Martin Broduer took the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender. The Devils puck stopper never seems not to be in the running for another Vezina each year. This is his fourth Vezina in the last five years.

Patrick Kane won the Calder trophy just one year removed from being a first round draft choice of the Chicago Blackkhawks last summer.

Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau won this year's Jack Adams award for the top coach. I have to admit that I didn't know Boudreau's name untill just now. I apologize for that.

The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy was taken by the Toronto Maple Leafs F Jason Blake. Probably him being diagnosed with leukemia and still playing all 82 games for the Leafs this season was the main contributing factor.

Paval Datsyuk won his third straight Lady Byng after demonstarting the best sportsmanship in the NHL this season. Datsyuk also picked up the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best two way player in the NHL. To me, if you can score 100 goals but can't do anything on D, you aren't that great of a player.

I agree with all of these selections. I'm still waiting to see Roberto Luongo win a Vezina, but when his Canucks didn't do anything for him this season, it's kind of hard. I thought that Evgeni Nabakov was robbed by Brodeur for the Vezina, but you can't argue giving it to one of the best goalies ever.