Emily Kaplan, national NHL reporter: There's certainly room to hand out awards that reflect the changing nature of the NHL. We could better account for analytics and award players who best drive possession, produce high shooting percentages or play tough minutes. We could pore over spreadsheets and extract the numbers that help prove why one player, statistically, is more valued than another. But what's missing from NHL awards are the intangibles. This is the true fabric of hockey: a collection of nuances we can't quite explain that makes one player or one team rise above the rest.
What NHL award should exist but doesn't?
