Matt Cooke as Lady Byng Candidate ?

[jumptheshark]

Originally Posted by palindrom

Could you see Matt Cooke as the finalist as a reward to encourage player to take less suspension/penalty ?

in 2011-2012 Cooke got only 44 PIM, a significant drop over is career average.

Personally i dont see him winning it, or not even among the finalist, but he could get some vote.

How many hits did Cooke toss?

btw

Eberle in Edmonton had 10pms

[burgess1978]

Originally Posted by JasonT26

The Lady Byng isn't just lowest PIMS. You also have to be a good player.

Emaple, Loui Eriksson only has 12 PIMS this year and put up a solid amount of points.

This.

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.

Datsyuk
Lidtsrom
Alfredsson
Kopitar
Eriksson

... and a bunch of other guys would be way ahead of any guy with 40+ PIMs and ~40 points - whether it is Cooke or anyone else.

[Unaffiliated]

Relative to preseason expectations, he would be the surefire winner.

[jumptheshark]

the lady byng is also about playing the game clean--not many lady byng winners toss body checks every game or fight at all

[MillarWithASave]

Originally Posted by GKJ

Matt Cooke would have a better chance at the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tim Thomas has a better chance of going to the white house.

[Karter]

He's shown alot more discipline this year and it's honestly nice to see.

[PRMan]

Give it to Kopitar. He's a class act in every way that plays at the highest level of the game.

[Adama0905]

Awards aren't given out based on biggest improvement. We aren't giving the Art Ross to Neal because of his big improvement in points - why would we give the Lady Byng to Cooke because he doesn't get "as many penalties as he used to"?

[startainfection]

he is still a scum bag

give it to moulson

[Play4Miracles*]

Matt Cooke should receive a trophy for best resembling a Lady "product".


Wha...AMMMMMYYYY

[YippieKaey]

Originally Posted by PRMan

Give it to Kopitar. He's a class act in every way that plays at the highest level of the game.

Pretty easy to be clean when you´re 225 pounds, Marty St Louis is 176 and has only 16 PIM:s. That takes balls

[iamerror]

Sure why not.

NHL is as backwards as it will ever be this would be the icing on the cake.

[fightingbooya]

Patrik Elias would be my vote, put up a 78 point season with only 16 penalty minutes while also switching to center and filling in beautifully all year long.

[Segchise]

No.....

[Eddie Shack]

I'm wondering why a trophy for one of the toughest sports around still has "Lady" in the title. And yes, I know it's origin, but "Lady Byng" died in 1949.

[BobbyMarks1]

I nominate Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic.

[SilverHaireDevil]

Cooke for the lady Byng and Mason for Vezina, Horcoff for Selke, and Dustin Penner for the Hart and Boumeester for Norris.

did I miss anybody?

[zeus3007]

As funny as it would be to see his name on the final nominees list next to two of Datsyuk/St. Louis/Eriksson/Eberle, there is absolutely no chance of it happening.

[zeus3007]

Originally Posted by SilverHaireDevil

Cooke for the lady Byng and Mason for Vezina, Horcoff for Selke, and Dustin Penner for the Hart and Boumeester for Norris.

did I miss anybody?

Chelios for Calder?

[Eddie Shack]

Originally Posted by zeus3007

Chelios for Calder?

No, you still have to be active. It would have to be Teemu.

[Lux Aurumque*]

Chances are, it'll be Datsyuk, Eberle and someone else. I'm gonna go with Eriksson as the third.

[Man Bear Pig]

Lets ask Marc Savard how he feels.

[billybudd]

I understand the reasoning, but something doesn't quite sit with that. He's thrown a couple hits this year I'd qualify as ungentelmanly, they just weren't particularly dangerous, illegal or designed to injure.

Eh, maybe a token 5 vote on the old top 5 guys ballot, just as a nod to progress.

[Jack DiBiase]

Over Marc Savard's dead body!

[Jack DiBiase]

Originally Posted by Eddie Shack

I'm wondering why a trophy for one of the toughest sports around still has "Lady" in the title. And yes, I know it's origin, but "Lady Byng" died in 1949.

Well, in the toughest sport, it's the award given to the pansiest player in the league, so the "lady" is pretty descriptive.