LAS VEGAS – Mark Messier gave in and selected Jonathan Toews for the Mark Messier Leadership Award, presented and selected by Mark Messier and sponsored by a tire company.
Toews inexplicably had not won the award, which started in 2007, in spite of being the NHL’s top leader since oh … he won his first Stanley Cup in 2010 with the Blackhawks. That’s five times Mess didn’t pick Toews since that Cup. Andrew Ladd and Ryan Getzlaf were the other nominees, selected by Mark Messier.
Toews was snubbed in both of his Cup years, like big time.