The NHL Awards are in Las Vegas next week, which really used to feel like a novelty until a team sprung up there like a desert rose. Still, fun will be had, tuxedos will be worn, bad jokes will be uttered by presenters and Gerard Gallant will win the Jack Adams. These are the things we know to be true.
But these are not the only awards bestowed upon the NHL in late June. The Weekly Reader has its own Alternative NHL Awards to hand out now that the Stanley Cup has been hoisted and the commissioner has been jeered, as is tradition.