Marleau nominated for Masterton -- NAMED FINALIST
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LadyStanley
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Oskar Lindblom will probably win but Marleau should be a finalist.
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Wish it were kane, just to piss off the main boards more
I feel like your betting odds have to be:
1) Lindblom. Cancer sucks.
2) Stamkos. Injuries suck, and he's persevered through lots of 'em
3) Campbell. Backup on his third team setting records in Toronto.
4) Marleau. Made the mistake of breaking the record while not a Leaf anymore.
5) Everybody else's old guys (Chara, Smith, Perry, Lucic, Backes, Rinne, Miller, Staal)
12) Fleury
31) Dreidger. Dude, don't worry about it. You'll get paid next year.
1) Lindblom. Cancer sucks.
2) Stamkos. Injuries suck, and he's persevered through lots of 'em
3) Campbell. Backup on his third team setting records in Toronto.
4) Marleau. Made the mistake of breaking the record while not a Leaf anymore.
5) Everybody else's old guys (Chara, Smith, Perry, Lucic, Backes, Rinne, Miller, Staal)
12) Fleury
31) Dreidger. Dude, don't worry about it. You'll get paid next year.
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If he doesn’t win....
At the risk of being insensitive I don’t like that this award has seemed to become the biggest tragedy/sickness of the season award. The guy with the most games ever getting passed up on the award for dedication to the sport would be criminal.
At the risk of being insensitive I don’t like that this award has seemed to become the biggest tragedy/sickness of the season award. The guy with the most games ever getting passed up on the award for dedication to the sport would be criminal.
I dunno, I can kind of see it both ways. Obviously, Marleau playing the most games of all time with what, the 5th-longest ironman streak on the way? is a fantastic achievement and deserving of recognition. But is it meaningfully more dedication than Phil Kessel playing 900 games? More than a guy coming back from cancer and not just living, but getting back to the highest level of competition? More than Tyler Seguin coming out of a wheelchair to play NHL games again in less than a year?
The aspect of "who had the worst shit happen to them this year?" is pretty gross, I agree. But sometimes stuff happens that you'd applaud a guy for just getting through, let alone coming back to hockey. I guess for me, it's not so much about things like Brian Boyle surviving cancer and still playing, but about him loving what he does so much that cancer couldn't stop him from doing it. For me, the best argument for Marleau winning isn't the number. It's his response to Drew asking "after all these years, what keeps you coming to the rink every day?"
Our nominee should have been Martin Jones considering he's played two seasons now with a paralyzed left arm.
If Marleau wins it, will the Sharks get to hang a banner in the rafters?
This might be the highlight of this season as a Sharks fan for me. Unless they win the lottery.
Do they have the "Swiss Cheese" award for Jones? lol.
This might be the highlight of this season as a Sharks fan for me. Unless they win the lottery.
Do they have the "Swiss Cheese" award for Jones? lol.
Slim chance but I have hope. Right now they are within the "no more than 10 slot move up" rule.
Outside of Fat Balloon, have we picked inside the top 5 ever?
Edit: Marleau duh. Also Rathje, Zyuzin, Stuart.
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