The B's struck it big at today's NHL Awards as Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas and Claude Julien all took home some hardware. Timmy earned a ridiculously one-sided 22 first place votes to win the Vezina Trophy, Chara won the Norris Trophy, and Julien was named Coach of the Year.

All well-deserved. Unfortunately, it doesn't count for much as the B's still took an early exit (at least much earlier than we all were hoping and the experts all predicted) in the playoffs.