One out of six ain't bad.
That was the final batting average of the Bleacher Report panel of experts in predicting the major NHL awards for last season. We nailed it with our selection of Drew Doughty to win the Norris Trophy. Two of our other picks, Sidney Crosby for the Hart and Patrice Bergeron for the Selke, finished second.
And we feel confident it would have been two out of six had Montreal's Carey Price not gone down with a right knee injury Nov. 25, wiping out what was shaping up to be a second straight Vezina season. The injury also took Price out of the running for what could have been a second straight Hart Trophy too. Had Connor McDavid not missed half his season because of a broken clavicle, we likely would have gone three out of six.
With his knee repaired, Price is again featured prominently in our panel's picks for the 2016-17 season. Then again, so are Crosby and Doughty and Bergeron, and, well, let's just get to the picks.
The selections are the consensus of our panel, which consists of yours truly, Carol Schram, Jonathan Willis, Allan Mitchell, Lyle Richardson and Steve Macfarlane. Each panelist submitted ...
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