2022 NHL Awards: PHT’s ballots for the remaining major trophies

A few of the 2021-22 NHL awards have been handed out and the winners of the remaining major trophies will be revealed on Tuesday night in Tampa Bay.

During a one-hour show, the NHL will announce the winners for the following trophies: Hart, Calder, Norris, Vezina, and Ted Lindsay Award. The finalists for the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year will also be announced with the winner revealed during the 2022 NHL Draft on July 7-8.

The Pro Hockey Talk staff made our own votes before the Stanley Cup Playofs began for a collective ballot. Each place was given a numerical value with 10 points for first, 7 points for second, and 5 points for third.

Votes were submitted by PHT writers Sean Leahy, James O’Brien, and Adam Gretz, as well as Michael Finewax, Rotoworld Senior Hockey Writer/Editor, and Jake Abrahams, NBCSports.com Managing Editor of NHL content.

Voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association

PHT BALLOT1. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs (39 pts.) 2. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers (37 pts.) 3. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers (24 pts.) 4. Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames (5 pts.)Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers (5 pts.)

O’BRIEN: It’s agonizing to choose between Igor Shesterkin and Auston Matthews; I can totally understand someone excluding goalies from their ballots just to avoid the question. As great as Matthews was (blending brilliant offense with wildly underrated defense), Shesterkin put together the sort of goaltending season we only see every two decades or so. McDavid and everyone else are a distant third, which is saying something, because there were some truly special seasons beyond Matthews and Shesterkin.

ABRAHAMS: I went back and forth on Matthews and Shesterkin for my top