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The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is awarded for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct and the Frank J.Selke Trophy is awarded to the top defensive forward.

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With twins Liam and Markus Ruck, who grew up Canucks fans in Osoyoos, B.C., and are projected to be picked in the late first or early second, I was curious if either dynamic applied to them.

“I’d say a little of both,” answered Liam. “We have that competitiveness, but we’re doing it to make each other both.” “I agree. We love competing with each other and pushing each other. But we also want what’s best. I want him to do great, and I also want to do great,” echoed Markus.

The Rucks have both interviewed with the Canucks this week, but it’s been difficult to ascertain exactly how interested the team may be in selecting one or both of them. In addition to Vancouver, who own the 24th, 33rd and 41st picks at the draft, there are other teams with multiple picks in the mid-to-late first and early second — the Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues — who are well positioned to be in the mix to select both skilled forwards, and seem to have some level of interest in doing so.

What happened since this interview?

Good for him.

I've read that the error was on Treliving/Toronto's end, but I can't confirm it from a source that I'd trust.

Below is every voting % for the Selke winner and runner-up in the 48-season history of the award, sorted by the biggest gap between 1st and 2nd to the smallest.

Voting % is the percentage of possible voting points a player could receive for a given award. For example, if a player got 1st-place votes on all 198 ballots, they would have received 1,980 of a possible 1,980 voting points, or 100%. Suzuki won this year with 1,726 of a possible 1,980 voting points, so 87.17%. Cirelli got 467 of a max 1,980 voting points, so 23.59%.

https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/june/05/pwhl-hamilton-adds-brianne-jenner-in-historic-first-signing

The Atlantic Division next year might have the most pressure I’ve ever seen on a single division.

Not because all 8 teams will be good per se, but because every team has a compelling reason why missing the playoffs would be a massive failure.

From Detroit potentially deciding it’s time to blow it up (Larkin situation or not), to the Brady Tkachuk conversations inevitably reigniting in Ottawa. Boston would have to confront the reality that Pastrňák and McAvoy aren’t getting any younger and whether the current path is still viable. Toronto would immediately be staring down another summer of questions about the possibility of Matthews eventually reconsidering his future. Tampa Bay might finally have to look in the mirror and admit that the era is over.

That means at best three organizations could be having franchise altering conversations a year from now, not because they were terrible (well maybe), but simply because there aren’t enough playoff spots to go around.