One reporter's ballot

In this case, mine.

The NHL has its awards show tonight in Las Vegas so I thought now would be as good a time as any to share my ballot (which I had to dig through the files to find since I e-mailed it in on April 15). Surprisingly (not!), no Ranger made it as a finalist.

Click below to see how I voted and let me know if you agree/disagree and why.

HART TROPHY
1. Alex Ovechkin, Washington
2. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh
3. Steve Mason, Columbus
4. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
5. Eric Staal, Carolina

NORRIS TROPHY
1. Zdeno Chara, Boston
2. Mike Green, Washington
3. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit
4. Duncan Keith, Chicago
5. Andrei Markov, Montreal

CALDER TROPHY
1. Steve Mason, Columbus
2. Bobby Ryan, Anaheim
3. Kris Versteeg, Chicago
4. Patrik Berglund, St. Louis
5. Kyle Okposo, New York Islanders

LADY BYNG TROPHY
1. Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay
2. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
3. Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa
4. Patrick Marleau, San Jose
5. Jason Pominville, Buffalo

SELKE TROPHY
1. Mike Richards, Philadelphia
2. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
3. Ryan Kesler, Vancouver
4. Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit
5. Ryan Callahan, New York Rangers

NHL ALL-STAR TEAM
Center - 1. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh; 2. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh; 3. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit.
Right wing - 1. Jarome Iginla, Calgary; 2. Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay; 3. Martin Havlat, Chicago
Left wing - 1. Alex Ovechkin, Washington; 2. Zach Parise, New Jersey; 3. Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta
Defense - 1. Zdeno Chara, Boston; 2. Mike Green, Washington, 3. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit; 4. Duncan Keith, Chicago; 5. Andrei Markov, Montreal; 6. Dion Phaneuf, Calgary
Goaltender - 1. Tim Thomas, Boston; 2. Steve Mason, Columbus; 3. Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose

NHL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward - 1. Bobby Ryan, Anaheim; 2. Kris Versteeg, Chicago; 3. Patrik Berglund, St. Louis.
Defense - 1. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles; 2. Luke Schenn, Toronto
Goaltender - 1. Steve Mason, Columbus

Comments

[TK]

The only thing I can see where I disagree is Nabokov for the AS team. There are plenty of other goalies, including Henrik, who would be more deserving (Clemmer, Bryzgalov, Ward. etc...)

[LI Joe]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/201622-heatley-wish-list-includes-seven-teams

heatley lists 7 teams 6 from the west and the cup champs. have a feeling quite a few players will want to play with the pens over next 5 to 10 yrs