Lester Pearson Trophy renamed the Ted Lindsay Award

[BostonAJ]

According to The Globe and Mail...

The man they called Terrible Ted is getting a trophy named after him, and it’s about time.

Hockey Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, whose reputation and nickname were born of countless fights, both on and off the ice, is about to be acknowledged by the association he helped inspire more than 50 years ago.

The NHL Players’ Association has chosen to rename the Lester B. Pearson Award in Lindsay’s honour. The Pearson has been given annually to the NHL’s top player as voted on by his peers. The award was named after the former prime minister who used to coach the University of Toronto hockey team.

Pearson award renamed in Lindsay’s honour - The Globe and Mail

 

[forty_three]

According to The Globe and Mail...

The man they called Terrible Ted is getting a trophy named after him, and it’s about time.

Hockey Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, whose reputation and nickname were born of countless fights, both on and off the ice, is about to be acknowledged by the association he helped inspire more than 50 years ago.

The NHL Players’ Association has chosen to rename the Lester B. Pearson Award in Lindsay’s honour. The Pearson has been given annually to the NHL’s top player as voted on by his peers. The award was named after the former prime minister who used to coach the University of Toronto hockey team.

Pearson award renamed in Lindsay’s honour - The Globe and Mail

Yeah, because who needs tradition?

Next they'll sell advertising. YAY! Ryan MIller won the Taco Bell Caliente Goaltending Award!! Brought to you by Carl's Junior!!!

 

[PGH11286]

Yeah, because who needs tradition?

Next they'll sell advertising. YAY! Ryan MIller won the Taco Bell Caliente Goaltending Award!! Brought to you by Carl's Junior!!!

Yeah but naming a hockey award after Pearson is like naming the MLB Comeback Player of the Year award after Lyndon B. Johnson.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Did this really need a 2nd thread on the main board?

Do the MODS even control spamming around here?

 

[dare2be]

i'm on my break...game on!

 

[BostonAJ]

Did this really need a 2nd thread on the main board?

Do the MODS even control spamming around here?

Damn. I feel shame.

Search AJ, search!

EDIT - IPW, you're slipping. I expected a good Lady Byng joke from you on this topic...

 

[forty_three]

Yeah but naming a hockey award after Pearson is like naming the MLB Comeback Player of the Year award after Lyndon B. Johnson.

If that's what was deemed appropriate at the time and agreed to, then it should stick. Don't change it on a whim.

Shame we didn't have Internet Geniuses back then to jump on hyperbole and tell us what an awful mistake was being made.

 

[dash]

Bring back the Wales and Campbell Conferences (as well as the Smythe, Norris, Adams, and Patrick divisions)

 

[forty_three]

Bring back the Wales and Campbell Conferences (as well as the Smythe, Norris, Adams, and Patrick divisions)

Preach on Brother Dash!

Of course with Bettman it will be the Easton and Reebok Conferences and Nike, Gatorade, Geico and Versus divisions.

 

[dare2be]

The Southeast should be the Geico division..."So easy a caveman can win it"

 

[beantownmaniac]

Hell, it was just east and west when I first started watching

 

[beantownmaniac]

The Southeast should be the Geico division..."So easy a caveman can win it"

good one dare

 

[naslundfan19]

The Southeast should be the Geico division..."So easy a caveman can win it"

Don't they already?

 

[The Q stache]

Yeah, because who needs tradition?

Next they'll sell advertising. YAY! Ryan MIller won the Taco Bell Caliente Goaltending Award!! Brought to you by Carl's Junior!!!

Carl's Jr? they could never afford that. Now White Castle, that could happen. The winner would get free sliders for a year.

 

[Larry N]

I'm with forty three as a guy who likes the tradition. Buit, since the change is inevitable, I'm okay with them naming it after Lindsay. He was crucial in the early organization of the NHLPA.