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The NHL Awards Were Worth It Just For One Burn On The LightningI’ve historically not been a fan of the NHL Awards being held after the season, rather than before the playoffs. I don’t care, by this point, who won what—the debates have long since cooled, and the regular season feels like something from the distant past— by now we’re already thinking about the dr...

Man Who Discovered Hockey No-Shows NHL AwardsAnthony Holmes, the man who discovered that playoff hockey is fun, and then a month later discovered that the Blues will never win anything, was supposed to appear at Wednesday’s NHL Awards in Las Vegas. He never showed up. ...

Sharks defenseman Brent Burns won the Something-or-Other Award for his community work. As Ryan Lambert puts it, “he looked like a lunatic who robbed a formal-wear shop and ran a comb through his hair for the first time in years.”...

Remember The '90s? I'm Sorry.

Here’s the opening dance number from the 1995 NHL Awards. Honestly, they haven’t gotten any better since. [CBS Sports]...

Doc Emrick Calls Play-By-Play For NHLers Playing Bubble Hockey Games

On the less-unhinged side of the NHL Awards, here we have Doc Emrick lending his play-by-play skills to a bubble hockey game between NHL Stars. One of the matchups included dueling goaltenders: Tampa Bay's Ben Bishop and the Bruins' Tuukka Rask. ...

Cuba Gooding Jr. Is Making Everyone Uncomfortable At The NHL Awards

Cuba Gooding, Jr. was a presenter at the NHL Awards tonight and he might have been overserved. Either that or he's the weirdest dude on the planet. I don't know how else to explain the slapping and talking about ass-grabbing and making a reverse Oreo with Mark Messier and Adam Graves. ...

The NHL is handing out some awards here—none of the good ones, though. Those are tomorrow. [NHL.com]...

NHL Will Announce Most Awards Friday Evening, Does Not Understand How News Cycle Works

Because of the lockout, there will be no fancy NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas this year. Instead they'll announce the winners in two live broadcasts, split over two nights. The first comes at 5 p.m. EDT this Friday, the precise time when every media-savvy company in the world is dumping bad news b...