'16/'17 Selke Trophy Winner: Patrice Bergeron

[Little Psycho]

Kopitar didn't even get more votes then Marchand. Wasn't he supposed to be top 3 candidate?

Did you see the season he had? I wouldn't have put him in the top 10.

 

[Espresso Martini]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

Yeah because Kesler has never been nominated or won before.

 

[BruinLVGA]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

Give Kesler all the awards! Now!

 

[qc]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

The great one says a lot of things...

 

[jgatie]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

I think I've heard Gretzky say "player XYZ is the best" about thirty different guys. He's pretty generous with his praise.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Kopitar didn't even get more votes then Marchand. Wasn't he supposed to be top 3 candidate?

He had a very unusually bad year.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

Bergeron deserves every Selke award the past few and next few years.

How McDavid is on the list, I do not know.

 

[JeremyTB]

The Selke is like the gold glove in baseball. Once you win a couple of them they will just start giving them to you based on reputation unless you have a real horrible season in that regard.

 

[Emerz]

The Selke is like the gold glove in baseball. Once you win a couple of them they will just start giving them to you based on reputation unless you have a real horrible season in that regard.

So who deserved it more than Bergeron?

 

[ItWasJustified]

So who deserved it more than Bergeron?

Kesler.

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

Datsyuk should have like 6-7. So should a couple others from way back in the stone ages. Selke is a useless award at this point. Norris (becoming a joke) and hart (super predictable but rightfully so) are the only awards left at this point

You really seem like a positive person who really likes hockey .

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

Last year Forsberg was voted 10th overall for Selke (Something he didn't deserve), and this season despite improved defensive play and less reliant on Ozone starts doesn't even deserve a spot in the top 20 (Although I'll be honest the players in the top 20 are all more deserving), what a joke.

I see it. A deserving player needs to be authorized by you. Hope nhl and media read that they must submit there list on hfboards.

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

You did have a conversation with god.... jeez

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

Kesler.

Well most voters have a different opinion. I have a different opinïon than you. Bergeron desserved last year also....

 

[Machinehead]

The great one said Kesler was the best forward in the NHL... I'll take his opinion over this. No way he should have lost this one... this was name recognition

Gretzky probably said Tanner Glass was the best forward in the NHL at one point. He says that about everyone.

 

[hagelin1381]

He should probably win it every year tbh. It's always a pain in the ass watching him play against the Penguins. What a player

 

[BruinLVGA]

He should probably win it every year tbh. It's always a pain in the ass watching him play against the Penguins. What a player

Winning post right here!

 

[Juicy Pop]

I have no problem with Bergeron winning but I really thought that Kesler was a lock.

 

[b in vancouver]

He should probably win it every year tbh. It's always a pain in the ass watching him play against the Penguins. What a player

Yep.
And that's where you see it even more so. Sid, Giroux, Tavares, Geno, Stammer, etc. have 'Bergeron' circled on their calendars - not 'Bruins'.
He's the player those guys are trying to beat. And head-to-head they can't. Or rarely.

Sid's the best player in the league (since, I'm going to say Lindros as I was a big fan) and I guarantee that he loves/hates going up against Bergeron.

E. Staal seemed to own him but outside of him, the top-flight players that do damage against the Bruins are wingers. Mostly because Bergeron takes their #1C out of the game and usually out-produces them.

He's just a pain in the ass to play against.

 

[jgatie]

Yep.
And that's where you see it even more so. Sid, Giroux, Tavares, Geno, Stammer, etc. have 'Bergeron' circled on their calendars - not 'Bruins'.
He's the player those guys are trying to beat. And head-to-head they can't. Or rarely.

Sid's the best player in the league (since, I'm going to say Lindros as I was a big fan) and I guarantee that he loves/hates going up against Bergeron.

E. Staal seemed to own him but outside of him, the top-flight players that do damage against the Bruins are wingers. Mostly because Bergeron takes their #1C out of the game and usually out-produces them.

He's just a pain in the ass to play against.

They don't call him "Perfect Patrice" for nothing. When given a choice between the best shutdown C and the best shutdown D to go against Crosby, Bergeron got the job. He stymied Crosby and Chara got Malkin, holding them to zero points in a 4 game sweep in 2013. Nobody does that; yet Bergeron did.

 

[b in vancouver]

They don't call him "Perfect Patrice" for nothing. When given a choice between the best shutdown C and the best shutdown D to go against Crosby, Bergeron got the job. He stymied Crosby and Chara got Malkin, holding them to zero points in a 4 game sweep in 2013. Nobody does that; yet Bergeron did.

It's fans of rival teams with very good/excellent #1 centres who notice how good Bergeron is. When you're used to watching your top-flight centre dictate the play, game in - game out, and then you see them up against 'Perfect Patrice' ... fans will be 'what happened? so and so had a bad game.' and then it happens again, and by the third time people start taking notice. It's strange because he's not flashy so you don't really notice him out there until you start thinking 'What's our d thinking? they don't turn the puck over like. - oh, it's Bergeron.', 'How are we 3-15 in face-offs this period? - oh, its Bergeron.', 'Our power play sucks. - oh, it's Bergeron.', etc.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

How was Zetterberg not top-5.

Absolutely carried the whole team.