Jiri Hudler of the Calgary Flames won the 2015 Lady Byng Trophy, and accepted the award without wearing any shoes. Which was the most Vegas thing that happened during the NHL Awards on Wednesday night. At least on camera (We assume Jarret Stoll was somewhere in the bathroom.)
I hate this award for many reasons, most prominently because I think it rewards things that are the antithesis of what I love about this hard-scrabble game of ours; and because it’s been a de facto “who has the best stats and the lowest penalty minutes” award as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.