
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