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Canucks team awards: Hronek wins MVP and best defenceman; Buium most exciting, O’Connor unsung hero

As part of a yearly tradition, the Vancouver Canucks handed out their team awards in their final regular season home game, with four of them voted on by fans.

Here are the players who Canucks fans voted on for their team awards:

Walter “Babe” Pratt Trophy (best defenceman)

CanucksArmy pick : Filip Hronek

Winner: Filip Hronek

This shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody. Hronek took his game to another level, leading the team from the backend since Quinn Hughes’ departure. Not only is he among the Canucks point leaders, he more than doubles the next best defenceman in points, while averaging one second below 25 minutes per game.

Cyclone Taylor Trophy (most valuable player)

CanucksArmy pick: Filip Hronek

Winner: Filip Hronek

Again, was this really a surprise? Hronek has often put the team on his back and has been the only one to excel under the new systems brought in this season. He sits just two points back of the team lead in points, while also being a first-over-the-board penalty killer. And with an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal, Hronek set a new career high with 49 points.

It wasn’t a great season for the Canucks, but if they didn’t have Hronek, it could have been much worse.

Fred J. Hume Award (unsung hero)

CanucksArmy pick: Linus Karlsson

Winner: Drew O’Connor

It was a toss-up between O’Connor and Karlsson. O’Connor is deserving of this award for being a versatile forward who’s been featured up and down the lineup and in all three facets of the game. In what has been a down statistical season for nearly the entire Canucks roster, O’Connor found a way to set a new career high in goals with 17.

Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player award (most exciting player)

CanucksArmy pick: Liam Öhgren

Winner: Zeev Buium

Well, we were on the right track, going with one of the young players acquired from the Minnesota Wild. We just got the wrong guy.

When Buium gets his creative juices flowing with the puck on his stick, he leaves fans oohhing and aahhing. He started his Canucks career off with a bang, picking up an assist and the game-winning goal against the New Jersey Devils. But while those bursts of excitement haven’t necessarily consistently translated to the scoresheet, the high-level plays have been there.

And it only seemed fitting that Buium would win this award right after displaying his skill with this deke through the neutral zone.

And then score a beautiful give-and-go with Nils Höglander:

Here are the statistical awards and the community leadership award winners:

Cyrus H. McLean Trophy (leading scorer)

CanucksArmy pick: Elias Pettersson

Winner: Elias Pettersson

Molson Cup (three stars award)

CanucksArmy pick: Elias Pettersson/Brock Boeser

Winner: Brock Boeser

Daniel & Henrik Sedin Award (outstanding community leadership)

CanucksArmy pick: Filip Hronek

Winner: Brock Boeser

This article first appeared on Canucksarmy and was syndicated with permission.

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