No cool picture on this one (JP has that covered), just a bit of text:

Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau captured the 2008 Jack Adams Award as the top coach in the league as voted by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association on Thursday.
Boudreau edged Montreal head coach Guy Carbonneau, 31 first-place votes to 24 and 208 points to 196.

He took over behind the Capitals’ bench on November 22 when Washington was 6-14-1 and at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. From there, he led the squad to a 37-17-7 mark and the Southeast Division title. Washington was seeded third and lost to Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs.

From left to right that’s the “Rocket” Richard Trophy, the Lester B. Pearson Award, the Hart Trophy and the Art Ross Trophy.

By now many Capitals fans have undoubtedly heard of both Nicklas Backstrom’s place amongst Calder finalists and Alex Ovechkin’s place among Hart (MVP) finalists.

Today brought more accolades for members of the Capitals organization, as Coach Bruce Boudreau was announced as one of the finalists for the Jack Adams Award (coach of the year) and top prospect Karl Alzner laid claim to both the Western Hockey League’s Top Defenseman and Player of the Year honors.

The significance of Boudreau’s nomination can measured in part by his competition: the other finalists for the Adams Award are Mike Babcock (Detroit) and Guy Carbonneau (Montreal). Babcock’s Red Wings finished with 54 wings and 114 points, both tops in the NHL, and Carbonneau’s Canadiens finished with 104 points, the most in the East.

Alzner, the fifth overall pick in the 2007 Entry Draft, captained both the the WHL’s regular season Eastern Conference champion Calgary Hitmen and the gold medal winning Canadian team at the World Juniors tournament. Past winners of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL MVP) include Cam Ward, Eric Fehr, Steve Konowalchuk, Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla. Past winners of the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy (WHL’s best defenseman) include Dion Phaneuf, Brendan Witt, Jason Smith and Chris Phillips.

James Mirtle has a poll up on his blog about who the Hart frontrunner is. Ovechkin is currently leading with 41%. I don’t think that’s enough, do you? Make your voices heard, Caps fans!