The PHWA mid-season awards were voted on by 150 writers and over 2000 fans. That fan vote likely helped make these results look a little closer to the players that deserve these awards as opposed to the players that will get nominated for the NHL Awards — because as fans of Pacific Division hockey, we’re all too aware that the final nominations will always go to familiar faces.
Here are the results of @ThePHWA mid-season awards, voted on by 150 writers and more than 2,000 fans. I had MacKinnon for Hart. pic.twitter.com/EFPJhJltMD
A few takeaways here: Why is anyone pretending Drew Doughty is still an award-worthy defenseman in any aspect of his game?