Quote:Originally posted by Symmetrik@Dec 14 2017, 12:47 PM


These are 2 separate arguments that you're trying to blend into one.

Dover only played 36 games as a defenseman. At what point do you become ineligible for an award based on games played? Let's look at it this way.

Dover should win the 2 way forward award! Look at all those stats 19 shots blocks, 49 hits, he only played 14 games sure but IMAGINE if he played 50! WOW!

It's not a comparison of Rhys and Dover, Dover is ineligible. It's a comparison between Rhys and the other defensemen not named Malkin or Garbanzo. And it's a pretty easy case in my eyes, 100+ hits and 100+ SB, he was easily better than the guys around him.

But where does it say he is ineligible? Is there a rule? Or was this just a split decision thing from Eggy because of a rare circumstance. There sure as hell isn't one for the All-Star committee. No this isn't blending two things into one. Hits and Shot Blocks aren't the only things that matter in a defenseman... just as goals and assists aren't either.

Fact is Dover didn't break a leg... and miss the last 14 games of the season. He was still on the ice... still a player of the Steelhawks... still a defenseman playing at a disadvantage from his normal strength as a forward. At the 36 game mark he was one of the best all-around defenseman and at the 50 game mark he was still one of the best all-around defenseman. There isn't an asterisk next to the award saying you must play all 50 games as a d-man.

Flat out... 36 games as a Defenseman and 14 as a Forward. Defense or Forward, you have to choose one... your pick.