It was going to be a tough task for the three Colorado Avalanche players to nab an NHL award, and in the end that proved to be the case as Philipp Grubauer (Vezina), Cale Makar (Norris) and Nathan MacKinnon (Hart) all went home empty handed for NHL hardware. Makar came the closest to Adam Fox in the voting for the best defensemen, but missing 12 games proved too much to overcome despite top of the league stats.

Sam Girard had one heck of a regular season, but a couple forgettable games in the post season. Were fan thinking of the season as a whole when they voted for his season grade? Or where they thinking only of what have you done for me lately with his playoff performance?

Finally, the Edmonton Oilers signed Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to a $5.125 AAV contract over eight years. Will this have an impact on negotiations for the Avs and their free agents? Namely Gabriel Landeskog? Tune in and subscribe!

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