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- Symba007

it's a new trophy called Lady Ding!

it's a new trophy called Lady Ding!



- Pat1993

Usually the guy with the less penalties minutes get it. I assume this is why he was nominated in the first place. Must be among the leaders there.

I'm really glad Toronto and Boston are eliminated and I can stop caring who wins the cup.

So relaxing to watch hockey and enjoying the nice plays from whoever is playing.

Usually the guy with the less penalties minutes get it. I assume this is why he was nominated in the first place. Must be among the leaders there.
- deadpoulet

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."


every season there are a bunch of players who have zero penalty minutes or barely any, I doubt that would be the only criteria.

I'm really glad Toronto and Boston are eliminated and I can stop caring who wins the cup.

So relaxing to watch hockey and enjoying the nice plays from whoever is playing.
- Scabeh

you'd be fine with Tampa winning again? I'll hate hockey so much if that happens.

I'm still pro-Nemec

I fully expect the Habs to take Wright, but I also think it's not going to be as fun. Then again, I feed on chaos

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."


every season there are a bunch of players who have zero penalty minutes or barely any, I doubt that would be the only criteria.
- Pat1993

It's usually how they vote for that trophee, yes.

Of course if you played 5 games, you won't get it, but you get the point.

It's like the Norris. You can guess who will win most of the time with the defenseman who get the most points.

you'd be fine with Tampa winning again? I'll hate hockey so much if that happens.
- Pat1993

Hating hockey because of this is a strech, but I would rather see another team wins, yes.

Hating hockey because of this is a strech, but I would rather see another team wins, yes.
- deadpoulet

yeah it was a figure of speech, but I would hate it if they won again lol

yeah it was a figure of speech, but I would hate it if they won again lol
- Pat1993

Agree. Then again they had to lose players because of the cap, so winning again after that and 3 years in a row would be something, but yeah. Kucherov was a huge douche last year. Other than maybe Perry getting another cup, there's not much reason to cheer for them in my opinion.

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."


every season there are a bunch of players who have zero penalty minutes or barely any, I doubt that would be the only criteria.
- Pat1993

The criteria is how many minutes and how tough those minutes are and the impact you have on your team without taking penalties. Aka...Slavin will win it easily.

I'm still pro-Nemec

I fully expect the Habs to take Wright, but I also think it's not going to be as fun. Then again, I feed on chaos
- jugkope

You still did not explain why he would be your pick there ahead of Wright.

you'd be fine with Tampa winning again? I'll hate hockey so much if that happens.
- Pat1993

I honestly wouldn't care.

Seeing a threepeat would be pretty awesome in a way.

I honestly wouldn't care.

Seeing a threepeat would be pretty awesome in a way.
- Scabeh

that's cool. wish I could feel the same but I just can't, (frank) TB lolll

The criteria is how many minutes and how tough those minutes are and the impact you have on your team without taking penalties. Aka...Slavin will win it easily.
- AdamFrench

Returning to defend his title from last season is Jaccob Slavin, whose 10 minutes of penalties is downright egregious by his standards, given that he only committed a single, puck-over-glass minor in 2021. Still, Slavin does the impossible in the modern NHL, logging nearly 24 minutes per night against top competition and rarely, if ever, landing on the wrong side of the rule book.

Then there's Spurgeon to round out the group of finalists, whose total of 10 penalty minutes and his role as one of his team's most crucial defenders is remarkably similar to Slavin. Spurgeon scored at the highest pace of his career on a per-game basis in 2021-22 while averaging nearly 22 minutes in Minnesota's top-four.

That's as gentlemanly as it gets.



yup, the logging in "tough minutes" criteria seems about right.

Agree. Then again they had to lose players because of the cap, so winning again after that and 3 years in a row would be something, but yeah. Kucherov was a huge douche last year. Other than maybe Perry getting another cup, there's not much reason to cheer for them in my opinion.
- deadpoulet

You still did not explain why he would be your pick there ahead of Wright.
- deadpoulet

He's better at making his teammates better. Wright is not so dynamic and he's not good enough to carry a team on his back.

Returning to defend his title from last season is Jaccob Slavin, whose 10 minutes of penalties is downright egregious by his standards, given that he only committed a single, puck-over-glass minor in 2021. Still, Slavin does the impossible in the modern NHL, logging nearly 24 minutes per night against top competition and rarely, if ever, landing on the wrong side of the rule book.

Then there's Spurgeon to round out the group of finalists, whose total of 10 penalty minutes and his role as one of his team's most crucial defenders is remarkably similar to Slavin. Spurgeon scored at the highest pace of his career on a per-game basis in 2021-22 while averaging nearly 22 minutes in Minnesota's top-four.

That's as gentlemanly as it gets.

The fact that somebody playing 24+ minutes a night as the shutdown defenseman only took 5 minor penalties in 79 games is pretty insane

yup, the logging in "tough minutes" criteria seems about right.
- Pat1993

He's better at making his teammates better. Wright is not so dynamic and he's not good enough to carry a team on his back.
- jugkope

how many games have you watched both play?

Holy edit batman

Holy edit batman
- AdamFrench

meh, we have seen way worst than that this year
- deadpoulet

too soon to talk about the Leafs, how mean !!

He's better at making his teammates better. Wright is not so dynamic and he's not good enough to carry a team on his back.
- jugkope

I will wait for Adam French to jump in on that, before I make my own opinion on the matter.

how many games have you watched both play?
- Pat1993

That's also a good question.

with climate change, it's only a matter of time before sand catches fire
- Symba007

Or that there more desert in north America ?