San Jose Sharks fans furious over Vezina vote, Brodeur win

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 San Jose Sharks fans furious over Vezina vote, Brodeur win
There really wasn't a hell of a lot of mystery to this year's NHL Awards. T-shirts or not, Alexander Ovechkin was going to clean up. Patrick Kane was a favorite to win the Calder. Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau was in a competitive category, but many anticipated his victory. And if Nicklas "Lindstrom" lost, we'd finally have that post-Stanley Cup riot in Detroit that was ... [link]

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Evgeni Nabokov finished second to Martin Brodeur in Vezina voting, rest of NHL scratches its collective head
Published 6/14/2008 by PJ Swenson (noreply@blogger.com) at Sharkspage
... are misleading. San Jose piled up shots on goal this season, several times outshooting teams with a near 2-to-1 margin. The problem is, many of the shots were from the perimeter without bodies or traffic in front of the net. The goaltender had a clear lane to make the save. It is a factor that should be thrown into the mix, but not one that should be weighted heavily over any other. [Update2] Brodeur Clinches Vezina Trophy - Stan Fischler for MSG. [Update3] San Jose Sharks fans furious over Vezina vote, Brodeur win - Yahoo Puckdaddy.

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