When it was announced that Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin is the fourth defenseman in NHL history to win the Lady Byng trophy, it reminded me how voters missed the boat on Nicklas Lidstrom for many years. The Lady Byng award goes to the player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct … Continue reading It’s impossible to explain why Nicklas Lidstrom never won the Lady Byng award