In the irlNHL ( League) the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is presented to the "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." That translates in LG to the award given to the person who had a good season, did not take a lot of penalties, and is also not a complete dick. That being said... The Season 31 Lady Byng Finalists were narrowed down using the following statistics and qualities: 1. Low Number of Penalty Minutes 2. Wins 3. Not Being a Complete Dick Now I considered going the easy route, and just posting the nominees, and not even throwing in their records and PIMs, but alas, here we are. Due to the fact that the 3rd criteria to be considered for this prestigious award is, at least in my interpretation "Not Being a Complete Dick," I have compiled some evidence of how our five finalists conduct themselves on this website. Without further ado, here are the Season 31 Lady Byng Finalists: @Augchenyuk (PIT) 16-4-4 0PIM @Foote (CAR) 18-7-0 8PIM @goonderk (ARI) 21-6-1 0PIM @MarcoGoes5H0LE (PHI) 22-5-1 0PIM @TacticalSwim (BOS) 23-4-1 2PIM And without furtherer ado, here is something that each of these finalists deemed appropriate to post on this website at some point. Big Spongebob guy, hard to be a complete dick and like the man who lives in a pineapple under the sea. Now this may seem strange taken out of context, or in context, it is just strange, but I think it captures goon's personality so here we are. Now some may think this was a sarcastic reply, but who's to say? All I know is that when a majority of the replies to my beautiful thread say similar things, I KNOW they will not be sarcastic. Wow campaigning for his friend to win an award, you know what? Ya just love to see it. Again, the friendliness shown here is just second to none. Proud of his AHL team AND still wishes luck to the team that beat them. Class act. Lastly, since @SweeT 9 LoU 84 was yelling at me to write this, here is a action video I took of me scrambling to get this together. Like,comment,subscribe.
I would like to add that so far only @Augchenyuk and @MarcoGoes5H0LE have liked this post so the others must not want it enough Edit: @Foote just joined the program, three headed race Edit 2: @goonderk has also liked the post so that must mean that he too lives for it Edit 3: @TacticalSwim voted it Winner so he wins
As a former Landy Byng recipient, my vote goes to @Augchenyuk. He showed true class on and off the ice. What a beautiful season.
My experience with auggy was him not being a great teammate then requesting a trade to the only team he wanted to play for (4thlineworthy). Sorry you dont get my vote this season. That being said i hope changes were made this season
If it wasn’t for the low penalty minutes, good season, and not being a complete dick, I might have been in the running.
No nice guy votes for goalies eh? Putting up with Tampa and NJ back to back seasons should punch my ticket to heaven