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Sedins win King Clancy, Boeser is rookie all-star, draft odds for Canucks
June 21, 2018, 1:51 PM ET [444 Comments]
Carol Schram
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The Vancouver Canucks had a solid showing at the NHL Awards, where Daniel and Henrik Sedin took home the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.




As a solo winner two years ago, Henrik becomes the first two-time Clancy recipient in the award's history.

When Irfan Gaffar asked if "this is feeling like the end," Henrik admitted that he's still basically in summer training mode and the full impact of retirement probably won't hit him and Daniel until training camp starts.



I'm half expecting they'll just be going about their business as usual in the weight room when the current players convene for their medical testing on the first day of camp.

As expected, Brock Boeser finished a solid second to Mat Barzal in the Calder voting.




Boeser did earn a spot on the rookie all-star team:




As promised, the PHWA has just released all the details of the voting — and naturally, the roasting has begun. Dig in!




I mentioned yesterday that this year's awards would have a different vibe, now that fans in Vegas have a home team to cheer for. But I underestimated the team's prominence. Not only did they go 2-for-2 in player categories with William Karlsson taking home the Lady Byng and Deryk Engelland receiving the Mark Messier Leadership Award, of course Gerard Gallant won the Jack Adams and George McPhee was named general manager of the year. Those were such slam dunks, I totally forgot about them!

So, the Knights took home every award they were nominated for and emerged as the most decorated team of the night.




It's still surreal to think it was exactly one year ago that McPhee was getting roasted for his expansion draft strategy.

Now, the action shifts to Dallas. The general managers' meeting takes place today, then the draft finally kicks off on Friday.

Not much change on Frank Seravalli's updated Trade Bait list. Max Pacioretty and Artemi Panarin are the only big movers. Though the Canucks have downplayed the idea of trading their seventh-overall pick, it's still on the list at No. 7, with Chris Tanev and Alex Edler as sleeper possibilities at 23 and 24, respectively.

As for the draft, here's something to chew on:




All roads lead back to those defensemen, don't they?

Here's one last rundown of the most likely possibilities:




Ben Kuzma categorizes Quinn Hughes and Filip Zadina as "The Hope," Evan Bouchard, Noah Dobson and Adam Boqvist as "The Reality" and Oliver Wahlstrom and Barrett Hayton as "The Considerations." One notable omission on his list: Brady Tkachuk.

Kuzma figures things will shake down primarily based on what Ottawa decides to do with its pick. I still think they'd be better off cutting their losses and handing it over to Colorado rather than waiting till 2019 but so far, all indications are that they will make the pick themselves. The feeling is that if the Sens are able to swing a deal for Erik Karlsson by tomorrow, they're more likely to be in on a defenseman.

Widely rumoured to be after Jesperi Kotkaniemi, the Montreal Canadiens pulled a rabbit out of their hat on Wednesday.




Considering this story is coming from the Canadiens website, it's very possible that this is a red herring designed to throw teams off the scent.




There's still talk that the Canadiens are open to trading this third pick—presumably to move down. I bet Marc Bergevin would love to be able to grab Kotkaniemi at a lower position, and secure an extra asset along the way.

This is cool to see: the prospects hit the ice in Dallas today for a clinic with some youth hockey players from Dallas.




I'm sure it will be a whirlwind of interviews and photo ops for the next 48 hours.

As for us—we wait. I don't imagine any more deals will be consummated until the teams hit the draft floor on Friday.
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