As hockey players, we always say we play to win a Cup, and that is 100% true. However, any player that says they don't care about individual accolades are lying to you. No player wants to go their whole career without some shining moment for them, whether that's an award, an all-star nod, whatever. With awards, it's difficult. There are only a few to give out each season and it mostly goes to the superstars in the league. There is one award, however, that I think should be added that any player can win.

In the off-season, there is one sport that we play other than hockey. Golf. It's the off-season sport of choice for all hockey players because of the similarities and the accessibility. In golf, the lowest score wins the game, so you want to shoot in the minus. In hockey, being a minus player is bad. I think we should have a connection to golf and have an award for highest AND lowest plus/minus. I'm fully aware that plus/minus is a garbage stat, but what the heck. This is an award that any player could conceivably win. On a good team? You could grab highest. On a bad team? You could grab lowest. It's a great way to bring all players together, from bottom of the heap, to the top.

Now, this season I have a mighty low plus/minus, but still nowhere close to the lowest, but at least for players in my spot who aren't good enough, we still have something to achieve, even if it's a bad thing.

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