{"id":88147,"date":"2026-06-14T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/88147\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:04:18","slug":"nick-suzukis-selke-win-exposed-five-montreal-journalists-who-did-not-rank-him-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/88147\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Suzuki&#8217;s Selke win exposed five Montreal Journalists who did not rank him first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/671109.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photo of Nick Suzuki holding the Selke Trophy.\" title=\"Photo of Nick Suzuki holding the Selke Trophy.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Screenshot<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Nick-Suzuki-43304\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-player-id=\"43304\">Nick Suzuki<\/a> won the Selke Trophy, but the voting details reveal that a few Montreal voters did not place the Canadiens captain in first place.<\/p>\n<p>It is a story that has been circulating and generating plenty of discussion among fans.<\/p>\n<p>First, a reminder of the key fact.<\/p>\n<p>The captain put together a 101-point season while also excelling in his defensive game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, some Montreal voters made different choices.<\/p>\n<p>That was notably the case for three journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Guillaume Lefran\u00e7ois, Jonathan Bernier, and Fran\u00e7ois Gagnon all selected Cirelli in first place instead of Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal journalists among the few who did not vote for Nick Suzuki<\/p>\n<p>Other names also appeared on those ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Marc-Antoine Godin placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Shane-Pinto-63181\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-player-id=\"63181\">Shane Pinto<\/a> at the top of his list.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Lalime, meanwhile, had a different favourite.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is important to put things into perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Those individual choices did not prevent Suzuki from winning the trophy in the end, even if they may surprise some people.<\/p>\n<p>A Selke vote ultimately comes down to personal judgment.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the ballot details here:<\/p>\n<p>These results will certainly fuel plenty of discussion among fans.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki received his award, and that is what matters most for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is entitled to their opinion as well!<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>19 HOURS AGO|287 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Nick Suzuki&#8217;s Selke win exposed five Montreal Journalists who did not rank him first<\/p>\n<p>Was Nick Suzuki the obvious choice for the Selke Trophy this season?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Screenshot Nick Suzuki won the Selke Trophy, but the voting details reveal that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33764,50,269,33765,1540,33763,14569],"class_list":["post-88147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-anthony-cirelli","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl-awards","tag-nick-suzuki","tag-selke-trophy","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}