Passchendaele
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I would not call Crosby's Hart record better. He has more nominations, OV has more wins and a better peak (back-to-back wins followed by a narrow miss).
Ovechkin also had at least two seasons derailed by injuries (10/11 and 15/16), which could have well improved his Hart record. The fact that he played through them does not mean he was healthy. Not to mention the 09/10 Hart he lost because of a little injury here, a short suspension there.
But yes, a Richard winner does not always win the Hart and sometimes is not even nominated. Just like the Art Ross winner does not always win (Jagr being a prime example, Iginla being probably the most controversial example) or sometimes is not even nominated (MSL 12/13, Benn 14/15).
As good as Iginla was, he most certainly DID NOT deserve the Hart that year. Flames were out of the playoffs.
Jose Theodore deserved it 100%. He was playing over his head every night and led a pretty bad team deprived of its best player for the whole season to the playoffs. You can't judge the man based on his less-than-stellar overall career. That very season, he was better than all of them. Roy, Brodeur, Burke, etc.