MRKL on Ice: November Part 2 (Awards)

HART

Awarded to the offensive player with the greatest point share for his team for the month

Winner: Jacub Voracek 19.5% (Vanrooser Canicks)

Runners Up: Jori Lehtera 15.3% (Quebec Rordiques) and Sidney Crosby 14.4% (Los Amjawors Kings) 

NORRIS

Awarded to the defenseman with the greatest PPG for the month (minimum 5 games)

Winner: Mark Giordano 1.23 (Mackhawks) 

Runners up: Kris Letang (Patrik Stefans), Cody Franson (Schizzarks), TJ Brodie (Dicklas Lidstroms), and Sami Vatanen (Milan Micahleks) all with 0.92

CALDER

Awarded to the NHL rookie with the greatest PPG for the month (minimum 5 games)

Winner: Filip Forsberg 1.15 (Patrik Stefans)

Runners up: Johnny Gaudreau 0.85 (Patrik Stefans) and Aaron Ekblad 0.69 (Schizzarks)

Denton's paralegal Chantal Vezina

VEZINA

Awarded to the goalie with the most KL points in the month

Winner: Jaroslav Halak 28 (Winter Claassics)

Runners-up: Pekka Rinne 23 (G-Phil's Flyers) Ryan Miller 22 (Powder Rangers)

BENNING

Awarded to the GM who made the best moves of the month overall

I just shrunk the picture of Jim Benning to keep things proportionate to what I have to say for this award... not much. I really want to keep the focus of this award on actual decision-making for the month, and not just look at how a GM's team performed; otherwise, I'd obviously just award myself with it.

To that end, I have a scant 5 transactions to make something of. Kris Russell and Riley Nash haven't exactly made enormous impacts in their short stints with their new teams, while it hasn't even been a week since the acquisitions of Kris Russell and David Savard. I therefore am left with no choice but to award this month's Benning to the GM who currently finds himself in last place, Rory Johnston of the Quebec Rordiques. While his dropping of Nathan Horton confirmed that he gave away Andrew Ladd for free, his addition of the KL village bicycle Nikolai Kulemin was shrewd. Kulemin has lined up consistently with Tavares and Okposo in recent games, and figures to be keeper for the Rordiques if that chemistry stays. In related news, Cory Conacher has 3 points in 14 games, and has been in the press box since November 15th.

PREYDE-KIRSHENBLAT

Awarded to the GM who made the most disgraceful move of the month

Everyone else, for doing precious little. If any of you want to catch me, that'll have to change in December. Ohhhhhh, it's on.