Montreal Canadiens On Pace To Dominate NHL Awards
The Montreal Canadiens have a lot of key pieces in place for their team. They will be rewarded greatly at season’s end if their current pace keeps up with individual awards and maybe even some team accolades.
The Montreal Canadiens are off to a great start to the 2016-17 NHL season. It is still early, but nearly two months into the campaign, the contenders and pretenders are starting to separate. This includes both the teams in the standings and the individuals who are in line for year end NHL Awards.
Two years ago, the Canadiens were busy at the annual event in Las Vegas. Of course, it was mostly just Carey Price who won pretty much every award he was eligible to receive. This season is starting to look like it could be a repeat of the 2015 awards banquet.
With a 16-6-2 record, the Canadiens are currently in second place in the NHL standings. A lot of things have to go right for a team to have such a great record after 24 games. The team is getting contributions from many different players in the lineup. Many of these players could find themselves being recognized for their contributions at the end of the season.
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In the past few years, the Canadiens have been busy at the NHL Awards. P.K. Subban won the Norris Trophy in 2013, Price won the Hart, Vezina and Lester B. Pearson Awards in 2015. That’s the four most prestigious awards handed out each year and the Canadiens have won them all in the past four years.
Team awards could follow
This year, the Canadiens could win them all, plus a few more. They might even be able to win a few team awards that have eluded them for the past number of years.
Let’s take a look at the many awards that the Canadiens could be adding to their long list of achievements over their 107 year history.