It took Paul MacLean 18 years to prove he had what it took to be a coach in the NHL.

It took him exactly two years to prove he was the best one in the League.

MacLean was named the recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year on Friday on the second anniversary of him being named coach of the Ottawa Senators.

MacLean helped the Senators overcome injuries to four of their best players this season to lead them into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where they upset the second-seeded Montreal Canadiens before bowing out in the second round to the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins.

Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid is already a veteran of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, including winning a Stanley Cup title with the Bruins in 2011 and approaching 50 postseason games for his career before his 27th birthday.

This postseason, McQuaid, 26, has been a staple of Boston's third defensive pairing, providing a shut-down presence for Claude Julien. In the Eastern Conference Final, McQuaid scored the series-winning goal in a stunning four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

McQuaid has been gracious enough to agree to keep a player blog that will appear on NHL.com throughout the Stanley Cup Final.

In his third installment, he talks about the intense media scrutiny of the Final and what he and his teammates have been doing during the two off days between Game 1 and Game 2 on Saturday night.

CHICAGO -- In between Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews and Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron found themselves embroiled in a far less stressful yet still important individual battle for some NHL hardware.

Toews won it Friday, edging Bergeron and Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk for the Selke Trophy, which is handed out annually to the best defensive forward in the NHL as voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

The winners of seven other postseason awards and trophies were revealed by the NHL on Friday. The Hart, Vezina, Norris and Calder trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Award, will be presented Saturday during a live special on NBC Sports Network in the United States and CBC in Canada at 7 p.m. ET.

Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding ended a dramatic season Friday with the distinction of being named the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. Selected in a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, the trophy is awarded annually to the NHL player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey."

Few players demonstrated more dedication this season than Harding. In November, he revealed he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (also known as MS), a disease that attacks the central nervous system and can cause a loss of balance and blurred vision.

"I found out about the diagnosis, and obviously it hit me hard," Harding said. "But right away I knew I had to do something to kind of get back at it and find out what would work for me. During the year I had that tough stretch. But I don't think it ever crossed my mind that I was going to give up or anything like that.

"Fortunately for myself, I had a great group around me that supported me, that was always there for me, including my family, my friends, my teammates, the Wild. Absolutely everybody was on my side. I couldn't thank enough people for that."

CHICAGO -- Mark Messier has had a formal interview to be the new coach of the New York Rangers, but he would not elaborate on any details or the timing of when the club could potentially name him or someone else as the full-time replacement for John Tortorella.

"Yes, of course," Messier told NHL.com when asked Friday at United Center if he formally interviewed with Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather. "That was one thing I wanted to have happen, to go through the process like everybody else and to experience that, and to give Glen the opportunity to make a decision that he feels comfortable with."

It was the first time Messier publicly expressed interest in the position. Messier, who serves as the Rangers' special assistant to the general manager and president, confirmed earlier reports that he expressed interest in being Rangers coach before interviewing for the job.

CHICAGO -- Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic said he believes Tyler Seguin is on the verge of breaking out of his goal-scoring slump.

If it happens to occur while skating beside him on the team's top line with red-hot center David Krejci, so be it.

"I think he's on the verge," Lucic said of Seguin. "Especially after all the chances he had last game (when Nathan Horton sustained an injury in the first overtime). Hopefully, he can build off that and break through in Game 2 [on Saturday]."

Seguin and Horton were splitting line rushes with the top unit Friday during Boston's practice at United Center in preparation for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).

CHICAGO -- Brandon Saad's first full tour through the Stanley Cup Playoffs is almost a condensed rewind of his first regular season in the NHL.

"It's a mirror image," Saad said Friday after practice at United Center.

The Chicago Blackhawks aren't complaining about that at all, not after Saad's performance in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. He scored his first goal of the playoffs and was a factor in all three zones in the 4-3 come-from-behind, triple-overtime win against the Boston Bruins.

CHICAGO -- Still searching for answers to a stagnant power play, the Chicago Blackhawks made a couple of tweaks at practice Friday morning at United Center.

Coach Joel Quenneville shifted a few players into different positions, but the biggest change the Blackhawks could make sounds much simpler: shoot the puck more often. The Blackhawks put three shots on goal during three fruitless power plays during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, including one shot against Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask during 1:17 of 5-on-3 play.

The Blackhawks, who won 4-3 in triple overtime, saw their conversion percentage on the man-advantage in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs drop to 13 percent (7-for-67).

Heading into Game 2 Saturday at United Center (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS), the question becomes, how do they fix it?

“I think it’s just playing it smart,” Chicago center Dave Bolland said. “For us, it’s keeping it simple. It’s not making the pretty play. It’s not trying to make that extra, pretty move. It’s just keeping it simple, getting bodies to the net and getting pucks to the net. Those are the main things about having a successful power play.”

Chicago Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell has become a prominent figure during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, taking on a key offensive role for a team seeking to win its second championship in four seasons.

Bickell, 27, has scored eight goals over the first three rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs -- one fewer than he had in 48 regular season games. In the Western Conference Final, Bickell scored goals in three consecutive games, then added a pair of assists in the clinching Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Bickell has been gracious enough to agree to keep a player blog that will appear on NHL.com throughout the Stanley Cup Final.

In his first installment, Bickell talks about how his recent celebrity has cast attention on his family and hometown, as well as what he's doing to prepare for Game 2 of the Cup Final against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Bobby Butler from the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman TJ Brennan.

Butler, 26, split the 2012-13 season between the Predators and New Jersey Devils, combining to total four goals and 11 points in 34 games. Butler previously played three seasons with the Ottawa Senators.