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Corey Perry, Daniel Sedin, and Steven Stamkos finalists for NHLPA’s Ted Lindsay Award; Who wins?

Corey Perry, Steven Stamkos

One of the final awards to have their final three announced is the Ted Lindsay Award given out by the NHLPA. For this award, the players vote on who they believe to be the most valuable player for the league is and while the nominees for this award usually fall in line with what the finalists for the Hart Trophy, this year’s trio of Lindsay Award finalists sees one deviation.

While Corey Perry and Daniel Sedin are also finalists for the Hart Trophy and the Lindsay Trophy this year, Steve Stamkos gets the final spot from the players this year. His teammate Martin St. Louis is a finalist for the Hart Trophy, but the players feel that it’s Stamkos that helped the Lightning to their surprising season that saw them end up fifth in the Eastern Conference and are now in the Eastern Conference final.

The cases for all players are pretty simple but this one boils down to what the players opinions are. So now it’s a question of what the players value overall. If they’re all about the points, then Daniel Sedin is their choice as he led the NHL in points.

If it’s goal scoring prowess then Corey Perry gets the call as he dominated the second half of the season on his way to scoring 50 goals and willing the Ducks into the playoffs and the fourth seed in the West.

Stamkos is the flip opposite of what Perry did as Stamkos dominated in the first half of the season and helped establish Tampa Bay as a legitimate team this year. His goal scoring cooled off considerably towards the end of the season but it was he and St. Louis who helped keep the offense rolling along while others were injured or struggling throughout the year. Still, scoring 45 goals and ending up fifth in the NHL in points is still pretty good.

We’d like to think the players are going to have their vote split between Perry and Sedin on this award. It’s always curious to see who the players choose for this award because you’re never quite sure who’s totally respected for what they do. The quotes you get after games can end up misleading you into thinking that some guys don’t earn the same level of respect. If we had to pick the brain of the NHLPA members, we’re thinking Perry gets the win here.

What do you think? Is it Perry’s to win or will Daniel Sedin’s tremendous season and Vancouver getting the top spot in the NHL will make the case for him? Or is it time for a darkhorse to win in Stamkos? Vote in our poll and let us know in the comments what you think.

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