The only players to win the award in franchise history were the two greatest forwards from the last 50 years.
The NHL is rolling out 2020 trophy finalists over the coming days, beginning with Tuesday’s Ted Lindsay Award: Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl, Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and the New York Rangers’ Artemi Panarin.
The award is for the most outstanding player as voted by fellow members of the NHL Players’ Association. Given annually since 1971, it underwent a name change in 2010 from Lester B. Pearson to honoring Lindsay, the former Wings great who was a key figure in the formation of the labor association.