The Bruins will have a couple of players vying for hardware at tonight’s NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas, and the odds are very good for at least one of them. According to the odds makers out in Vegas, Patrice Bergeron and Anze Kopitar are just about neck-and-neck in the running for the Selke Trophy given to the NHL’s best defensive forward.
It's the fifth straight season Bergeron is a Selke finalist in an award that’s become an annual NHL rite at this point. He’s captured the hardware in three of the last four years, and could become the second four-time winner in NHL history. Hockey Hall of Fame member Bob Gainey of the Montreal Canadiens won the Selke four straight seasons from 1977-78 to 1980-81.
It’s the second Lady Byng finalist for Loui Eriksson after finishing third in 2011, but it feels like that is the aware that Kopitar will take home from Vegas as the new captain of the Los Angeles Kings.
So here are the odds for the NHL Awards according to our friends at Bovada:
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player?
Patrick Kane (CHI) 1/10
Jamie Benn (DAL) 7/1
Sidney Crosby (PIT) 7/1
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s Top Goaltender?
Braden Holtby (WAS) 1/30
Ben Bishop (TB) 7/1
Jonathan Quick (LA) 15/1
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the James Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman?
Erik Karlsson (OTT) 5/8
Drew Doughty (LA) 2/1
Brent Burns (SJ) 4/1
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2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year?
Artemi Panarin (CHI) 4/15
Connor McDavid (EDM) 3/1
Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI) 8/1
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Frank J. Selke Award for Top Defensive Forward?
Anze Kopitar (LA) 10/11
Patrice Bergeron (BOS) 1/1
Ryan Kesler (ANA) 6/1
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability?
Anze Kopitar (LA) 1/2
Aleksander Barkov (FLA) 3/1
Loui Eriksson (BOS) 10/3
2016 NHL Awards - Who will win the Jack Adams Award for Top Head Coach?
Gérard Gallant (FLA) 5/6
Barry Trotz (WAS) 1/1
Lindy Ruff (DAL) 8/1