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Golden Knights Results At NHL Awards

On June 20, 2018

Should have been a Selke candidate, could have been a Hart candidate, but the Lady Byng will have to do. (Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen)

For every Golden Knight, any trophy they win tonight is not the one they really wanted. However, a little hardware for an amazing season never hurt anybody. Vegas has four finalists in four separate categories at the 2018 NHL Awards. William Karlsson is up for Lady Byng (sportsmanship), Deryk Engelland for Mark Messier Leadership Award, Gerard Gallant is a shoe-in for Jack Adams (coach of the year), and George McPhee for GM of the Year.

The other finalists for each award are as follows. (We will update each award with the winner as well as some quotes and whatever else we come across throughout the night)

Lady Byng Trophy

William Karlsson (VGK)
Aleksander Barkov (FLA)
Ryan O’Reilly (BUF)

Winner: William Karlsson

To be honest I’m more nervous, kind of scared. What if I win? I have to go up on the stage, it’s kind of scary. For sure (scarier than playing the Stanley Cup Final). Much more. At least I know what I do on the ice. Going up on the stage and potentially having to speak to a lot of people is a lot scarier. -William Karlsson

Voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy by members of the PHWA: pic.twitter.com/iwvqpJ3mjs
— PHWA (@ThePHWA) June 21, 2018

It’s very special, just looking back a year ago who would have thought I would have been sitting here nominated for an award, but to win it, it’s been a crazy year. -Karlsson

You did great Bill. pic.twitter.com/EHyoUznWao
— SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) June 21, 2018

Messier Leadership Award

Deryk Engelland (VGK)
Wayne Simmonds (PHI)
Blake Wheeler (WPG)

Winner: Deryk Engelland

Adidas/NHL Jersey Unveil June 20th At Wynn

By Ken Boehlke

On June 7, 2017

In News, Team Ops

The wait for jerseys just got one day shorter. An email to the media confirmed a special event at Intrique at the Wynn on June 20th to unveil Adidas’ versions of the NHL jerseys.

The event will put on display all 31 teams new Adidas branded jerseys. Yes, that would indeed include the Golden Knights jerseys. The event is not open to the public.

The Armory, the team store at T-Mobile Arena, is slated to open June 21st to coincide with the Expansion Draft and Awards.

While the jerseys will be shown off in two weeks, they will not be available to buy, wear, and bring home. The team is planning a pre-order process that will begin at the Expansion Draft and afterwards. They expect jerseys to be available for sale in mid-September.

That’s all we know at the moment, but expect more events to come as the Golden Knights and the NHL prepare for what will be an historic week in Vegas.

Expansion Draft Protection Lists Will Be Made Public

By Ken Boehlke

On March 29, 2017

In News, Team Ops

UPDATE (9:55 AM 3/30/17) – We’re being told that plans on the NHL Awards Show are still fluid, which will impact the Golden Knights Expansion Draft reveal.

Multiple sources indicated weeks ago that The Park Theatre would be used to house the Awards with T-Mobile Arena being the home to the Expansion Draft reveal. Now, it looks like they are considering putting both events together at T-Mobile. Nothing is confirmed on either the Awards or the Expansion reveal at this time.

If the Awards show coincides in the same building with the Expansion reveal, there will almost certainly be a ticket price to get in.

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And just like that, the Expansion Draft protection list saga is over, and the good guys win.

NHL has concluded Protected and Available Lists WILL be made public and distributed to media simultaneously with distribution to teams.
— Nick Cotsonika (@cotsonika) March 29, 2017

BREAKING: Protected and available player lists for the Vegas expansion draft WILL be made public and released likely on June 18, per NHL.
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) March 29, 2017

Those lists are set to be submitted to the NHL by 2:00 P.M. PT on Saturday, June 17th. Vegas then has three days to get their 30 selections in, and they will then be revealed in a nationally televised, ~~free to attend~~ event at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday June 21st.

The general managers spoke out against the lists being made public, and The Creator even said he prefers they remain secret until the reveal on the 21st.

After a lot of internal discussion following the General Managers meeting, we determined it would be best to disclose those lists publicly. One of our guiding principles from the start of this process was to prioritize transparency, and certainly here, keeping the lists private would not have promoted that particular objective. –Bill Daly, NHL Deputy Commissioner to NHL.com

But cooler heads prevailed and the world will get to play “armchair McPhee” and pick their 30 from the list of available players right along with the Vegas GM.

Man, June is going to be fun.

NHL Will Televise Expansion Draft Unveil

By Ken Boehlke

On March 9, 2017

In News, Team Ops

After this pesky 30 team hockey season going on right now comes to a close, the eyes of the hockey universe will all be focused on Las Vegas.

The Expansion Draft takes place from June 18th to the 20th with the unveiling of the rosters on the 21st. The NHL Awards show is expected to be the same day, and finally we’ve got some clarity on how the NHL plans on showing the world the 30 players George McPhee selected in the Expansion Draft.

In a conversation with Puck Daddy at the league general managers meetings about the upcoming NHL Awards, chief content officer Steve Mayer mentioned that the NHL will look to televise both the awards and the announcement of the expansion roster of the Vegas Golden Knights around same timeframe Las Vegas. It’s currently unclear, which television partner the NHL will use for the expansion draft. –Josh Cooper, Puck Daddy

Before you jump down anyone’s throat saying, “they should televise the draft itself!” read this, then come back and finish this article.

It is a step in the right direction that the league has confirmed it will indeed show the reveal of the picks, hopefully on NBC or at least NBCSN.

The Creator has said on multiple occasions that the Expansion Draft reveal will be at T-Mobile Arena, will be open to the public, and he wants to announce a pick once every five minutes. With the event being on TV, they’ll likely have to speed it up a bit, but it should be a memorable event no matter how it actually goes down. The Creator has even gone as far as saying he expects the building to be at max capacity, which would be amazing.

The Golden Knights are expected to unveil their jerseys at the Expansion Draft reveal as well.

As for the NHL Awards Show, we have multiple sources who have told us the preliminary plans are to hold it at The Park Theater right next door to T-Mobile Arena. Previous Awards shows have been at the Hard Rock, Wynn, and Palms, but there’s no denying now that MGM has a theatre the correct size (around 4,000), they’ll want to keep the NHL’s events all in the family.

The news of televising the reveal isn’t surprising in the least, but with the recent revelations of the league considering not making the protection lists public during the Expansion Draft, we’ve learned not to take anything for granted.

@Real_ESPNLeBrun but again, no final decision on this, although certainly league got the GMs stated feedback on it
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) March 8, 2017

So, good job NHL on televising the reveal. For sure change your mind on the protection lists though, and also let’s try and put the reveal on TV somewhere people will actually watch it, and by that I mean not NHL Network.

Predicting Award Winners And When Vegas Wins Each Trophy

By Jason Pothier

On June 21, 2016

In Personnel

On Wednesday the NHL will host its annual awards show in which they hand out the league’s most coveted trophies to the best of the best hockey players in the world.

Of course, here in Vegas we are slightly more concerned about a certain announcement expected to come slightly prior to the Awards, but we thought we’d have some fun with it any way.

Right now every trophy, including the Stanley Cup (limited hours) are on display at in and around the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel. In honor of the world’s coolest trophy collection gracing our fine city we are going to predict each 2015-16 winner and then tell you when you can expect each trophy to call Las Vegas home in the future.

NHL General Manager of the Year Award
2016 – Jim Rutherford
Vegas Projection – 2018

Drafting in an expansion draft seems really tough to me. You have a list of players that are sorta tainted, even though they aren’t. It’s like day old bread, yeah it’s fine but I’m going to think before buying it. The Las Vegas GM should be applauded for any roster he puts together. And if the team competes, polish the award and hand it to Vegas.

Mark Messier Leadership Award
2016 – Jonathan Tavares
Vegas Projection – 2019

I’m giving the Vegas Captain two seasons and he’ll win the Jennings award. This is an award that players work hard for, on and off the ice. Once Las Vegas’ Captain meets up with Opportunity Village, hob nobs with Monday’s Dark, and visits all other Las Vegas charities he’ll move to the front of the line. It’ll be easy for players to get involved and give back to the community because there’s no other sports figures in town doing it.

NHL Foundation Player Award (We Literally Have No Clue What This Is Actually Awarded For)
2016 – Matt Martin
Vegas Projection – 2021

This is awarded to “an NHL player who applies the core values of hockey — commitment, perseverance and teamwork — to enrich the lives of people in his community. So pretty much the last one, but somehow different. We’ll take it down in 2021. Why not.

NHL Awards At Hard Rock On June 22 Made Official

By Ken Boehlke

On April 26, 2016

In News, Team Ops

After months of unnecessary secrecy the cat is now officially out of the bag. The NHL will once again host it’s annual awards show in Las Vegas. This year it’ll be at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Wednesday June 22nd.

Can we get a little corporate speak to get us all pumped up for the event?

The end of June marks a special time on the NHL calendar for our players and their families, fans, partners as well as our Clubs. The League hopes to make this year’s show the best one ever. -Steve Mayer, NHL VP of Programming and Creative Development

Magician Gob Bluth (more commonly referred to as Canadian actor Will Arnett) will host the event. Look how funny he is!

NHL Awards To Be Held On June 22nd At Hard Rock Las Vegas

By Ken Boehlke

On April 12, 2016

In Team Ops

For the eighth straight year the NHL Awards Show will be held in Las Vegas.

The Hard Rock Hotel will host the league’s annual gathering of its best players on June 22 at The Joint. The NHL confirmed Monday the site and date. -Steve Carp, LVRJ

It’s long been discussed that the Awards Show will be the perfect spot for the league to finally announce expansion to Las Vegas. However, I’ve been pretty firm in my stance that the league will make an announcement prior to the awards and will use the show in Vegas as a big gala to celebrate the new franchise.

My theory is the league will have a press conference “later this week” to announce the Awards Show and will use the same presser to have The Creator on the stage and deliver the good news we’ve all been waiting for.

The reason they would want to do this is simple. The NHL Awards on their own are not a huge media draw across the league. Outlets from around the country (and Canada) send reporters, but it’s not the massive gathering the league would love for the announcement of an expansion team. If they announce the announcement the NHL Awards in Vegas will be a madhouse for sports media and the NHL will have the opportunity to properly spotlight it’s 31st franchise rather than sort of springing it upon us all like most suspect.

If my suspicions hold true, there will be an announcement later this week. If not, the league will simply release the details of the NHL Awards, and the waiting game will continue.

EDIT: SinBin.vegas has reached out to the league and they would not confirm any details on the Awards. We will have much more on this when we receive more information from the league.

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Tag: NHL Awards

Golden Knights Results At NHL Awards

Adidas/NHL Jersey Unveil June 20th At Wynn

Expansion Draft Protection Lists Will Be Made Public

NHL Will Televise Expansion Draft Unveil

Predicting Award Winners And When Vegas Wins Each Trophy

NHL Awards At Hard Rock On June 22 Made Official

NHL Awards To Be Held On June 22nd At Hard Rock Las Vegas

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