Jaccob Slavin Wins 2024 Lady Byng Trophy – Hockey Writers – Carolina Hurricanes
On Thursday, May 30, Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin was named the recipient of the 2024 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. This award is given to “a player who has been found to have shown the best sportsmanship and good behavior combined with a high level of performance.” This is the second time Slavin has won this award, as he won it in 2020-21, and finished second in 2021-22. He joins New York City native Joe Mullen (two times) as the second US-born player to win the title multiple times. He also joins Red Kelly as the second defenseman to win it at least twice.
Slavin logged the third-most minutes (1,695:29) and third-highest plus/minus (plus-21) on a Hurricanes defense that allowed the fourth-fewest goals in the league en route to their third straight 110-point season and sixth. a consistent playground. He finished third in scoring with six goals and 37 points in 81 games, passing Dave Babych (Nov. 11 at Tampa Bay) and Justin Faulk (March 10 vs. Calgary) to become the franchise's all-time leader in assists and points, respectively. as a defenseman (49 goals and 272 points in 665 games). He did so while ranking second among blueliners with 71 takeaways and just eight penalty minutes — the fewest of the 81 NHL players who played at least 1,600 minutes in 2023-24.
In early May, Slavin was selected as a finalist for the trophy along with Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson and Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews. Pettersson finished second in the voting with 508 points, while Matthews finished third with 506. Slavin received 1,174 points with 81 first place votes.
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