Washington Capitals Team Awards 2014-2015

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The Washington Capitals had a very successful season in 2014-2015. They saw themselves return to the playoffs. Several Washington Capitals players had career years. Several Washington Capitals players ended their respective season among the league’s elite. Today, let’s honor those players with our Washington Capitals team awards.

These awards are just like the NHL awards. There’s an award for the most valuable player, the best defenseman, the best rookie, the best goaltender, the best defensive forward, the most “gentlemanly” player (whatever that means) and the player who did the most for the community. We’ve put a Washington Capitals spin on it too.

Instead of the most valuable player winning the “Hart Memorial Trophy”, he wins the “Peter Bondra Memorial Trophy”. Instead of the best defenseman winning the “Norris Trophy”, he wins the “Rod Langway Trophy”. Instead of the best rookie winning the “Calder Memorial Trophy”, he wins the “Alex Ovechkin Memorial Trophy”. Instead of the best goaltender winning the “Vezina Trophy”, he wins the “Olaf Kolzig Trophy”. Instead of the most gentlemanly player winning the “Lady Byng Memorial Trophy”, he wins the “Barry Trotz Memorial Trophy”. Instead of the player who did the most for the community winning the “NHL Foundation Player Award”, he wins the “Olaf Kolzig Foundation Player Award”, since he’s the only Washington Capitals player to ever have won that award. The best defensive forward will win the “Sergei Fedorov Award” as opposed to the Selke Trophy.

Please hold your applause until the end of the article.

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