TORONTO -- It doesn't get any better than this for Jarome Iginla.

The Calgary Flames right wing and Olympic gold medalist is a finalist for the most valuable player award which will be announced Thursday night along will all the other individual NHL trophies (8 p.m. ET, on ESPN2).

	NHL award finalists
	Hart Trophy
	Jarome Iginla, Flames
	Jose Theodore, Canadiens
	Patrick Roy, Avalanche
	Calder Trophy
	Dany Heatley, Thrashers
	Kristian Huselius, Panthers
	Ilya Kovalchuk, Thrashers
	Jack Adams Award
	Bob Francis, Coyotes
	Robbie Ftorek, Bruins
	Brian Sutter, Blackhawks
	Lady Byng Trophy
	Ron Francis, Hurricanes
	Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings
	Joe Sakic, Avalanche
	Norris Trophy
	Rob Blake, Avalanche
	Chris Chelios, Red Wings
	Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings
	Selke Trophy
	Craig Conroy, Flames
	Jere Lehtinen, Stars
	Michael Peca, Islanders
	Vezina Trophy
	Sean Burke, Coyotes
	Patrick Roy, Avalanche
	Jose Theodore, Canadiens

Just 10 days later, on his 25th birthday, Iginla will become a restricted free agent ready to cash in on his outstanding season.

Iginla won the scoring title with 96 points and a league-high 52 goals. In the last 50 years, 11 players were scoring champions and MVPs in the same year.

The other Hart finalists are goalies Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche and Jose Theodore of the Montreal Canadiens.

Roy, 36, was 32-23-8, led the league in goals-against average (1.94) and shutouts (9), both career bests, and finished second in save percentage (.925).

Theodore, 25, was the player most responsible for getting Montreal into the playoffs for the first time since 1998. He was 30-24-10, with a 2.11 GAA and a .931 save percentage.

The only goalie to earn the Hart in the last 40 years was Dominik Hasek, who won in 1997 and 1998 with Buffalo.

Finalists for the Norris Trophy for top defenseman are previous winners Nicklas Lidstrom (2001) and Chris Chelios (1996, 1993, 1989) of Detroit, and Rob Blake (1998) of the Avalanche.

Lidstrom is also up for the Lady Byng Trophy, as the league's most sportsmanlike player, for a fourth straight year. Also nominated are Carolina's Ron Francis, and Colorado's Joe Sakic, last year's winner.

Roy, who last won the Vezina Trophy 10 years ago, Theodore and Burke are the finalists for the top goalie award as picked by the league's 30 general managers.

Calgary's Dany Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers, who led all rookies with 67 points including 26 goals, is up against teammate Ilya Kovalchuk and Florida's Kristian Huselius for the Calder Trophy as top rookie.

The Frank J. Selke Trophy for top defensive forward will be given to either Mike Peca of the Islanders, Jere Lehtinen of the Stars, or Craig Conroy of the Flames.

The coach of the year nominees are Bob Francis of Phoenix, Robbie Ftorek of Boston and Brian Sutter of Chicago, who won the Jack Adams Award in 1991 when he coached St. Louis.