Newsday's Staple Did Vote On Season Awards
This is his ballot, choices, and an explanation of why he chose to vote despite the boycott by the local chapters of the PHWA.
My personal opinion is that he chose the professional course in this matter. Who knows if the outcome would have been different if he was present for the vote, but I would bet that he received some pressure from his brethren. Kudos Mr. Staple.
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He also put Frans as second for Selke
Maybe he wanted to put them as high as possible without coming off as a total homer
You mean to tell me shooting the puck from 70 feet out doesn't earn us extra goals?
Respect his position
And very much respect that he put his ballot out there. I don’t know why he thinks giving his rationale would be “boring” readers though. To me, the more reasoning, the better.
Lighthouse Hockey: Send us your cold, your poor, your healthy goalies.
my guess
is that he had very little rationale and didn’t want it to be nitpicked
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by Mark D on Apr 12, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
True
His rationale could be “Ive watched ____ a lot and I like his game”
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 23, 2011 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. I hope that all these PHWA that are boycotting voting get fined for not doing their jobs. It's only right :).
Proud Islanders fan, the organization that iced the greatest team to ever play the game and won 4 straight cups.
I'm also an optimistic Knicks fan, pessimistic Mets fan, and a happy Jets fan.
PHWA shouldn't be voting at all
Journalists should report news, not make news. Columnists I have less of a problem with since they are writing opinion pieces, but the line is so blurred now. The reality is the GMs should be doing all of the voting since they are the ones handing out contracts and even performance bonuses in limited cases under the new CBA. They can’t be so busy doing their jobs they can’t vote since the President even has time for his NCAA brackets.
It would also make voting more consistent. A goaltender can be nominated for MVP and not even get a sniff of the Vezina, which always seemed a bit confusing that the most important player to his team, wasn’t even one of the best at his own position.
Nassau Coliseum lost a veteran and an original Islander fan. ACC 1918-2011
by Hockey1919 on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
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