Conn Smythe Winner?

[Monsieur Miz]

Tampa : Kucherov, Hedman, Vasi ...

Dallas : Khudobin or Heiskanen

 

[JoVel]

With Point's injury it's not gonna be anyone other than Hedman for the Lightning unless someone goes full Briere out there.

 

[eli4spetterss0n]

Anyone know if a Conn Smythe winner has ever been lost to free agency the following season?

Mike Vernon left for San Jose in 1998.

Nvm he was traded.

Edit: Just went through the list. No Conn Smythe winner has left via free agency the following year.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

From Tampa, it has to be Hedman. Argument can be made for Vasy.

 

[Kcb12345]

One of these 6 players will win the Conn Smythe imo (no specific order);

Hedman, Point, Kucherov

Heiskanen, Khudobin, Benn

I don't think Dallas will test Vasilevskiy enough for him to be a stand out player in this series. It'll come down to the guys mentioned above. If Dallas wins, Khudobin will probably have to play the biggest part in it. If Tampa wins, it's a bit of a toss up. Feels like we can safely assume it'll be between these guys though.

 

[sr edler]

Looking at the performance dip at Tampa when Point isnt playing, I must say there is no Point in this discussion without Brayden Point. Just wanted to Point it out.

How did it go 1st round last year when Hedman was injured and didn't play? Tampa won games?

 

[Mulletman]

Hedman has to be the favorite

3rd most goals in the playoffs by a Dman, ever

Yeah but he's doing it after growing a mullet. And when's the last time they gave the Conn Smythe to somebody with a mullet? Don't think anybody with a mullet has won the Conn Smythe since Gretzky. Usually they don't take kindly to players with mullets...

 

[MrThomas]

The northern european defencemen Heiskanen or Hedman

 

[Dr Pepper]

Anyone know if a Conn Smythe winner has ever been lost to free agency the following season?

Wings traded Mike Vernon in the offseason after he won. To San Jose.

Devils traded Claude Lemieux the offseason after he won......to the Avs. He won another Cup the following season.

Not sure if anyone's ever flat out walked away after a Conn Smythe win. Probably have to go back to the 70s or 80s.

 

[Voight]

Hedman has to be the favorite

3rd most goals in the playoffs by a Dman, ever

Conn Smythe is also about narrative a lot of the time and this isn't necessarily a bad thing but I dont find him being talked about as much as say Keith in 2015, Doughty in 2014, Pronger in 2006 etc. Plus with Kucherov and Point likely to hit at least 30 points each, possible the mid 30s I feel voters will prefer the big numbers.

If Dallas wins it would be nice to see Khudobin win, been 8 years since a goalie last won.

 

[PaulD]

If they awarded it to day . Hedmen for sure.

If I had to bet. He wins it.

 

[PaulD]

If the Stars can win the Cup I don't care who wins the Conn Smythe really..it'll be between Heiskanen, Khudobin, and Benn though, and likely would come down to whoever has the biggest Finals run, and if Dallas plays Tampa and somehow wins they'll need a big offensive performance out of Benn and great goaltending from Khudobin. If Miro has a quiet offensive series again and the Stars win than one of those 2 guys will take it

Radulov.

 

[PaulD]

I know he mentioned it, but it is so off that I had to mention it. Pelech wouldn't even be top 3 on the Isles if the voting took place right now. Defensive defenders don't garner votes for this even if they were Norris level defensively which Pelech is not. It would be like Vlad Konstantinov winning the Conn Smythe in 1997 with 20 GP and 4 pts even though he was a big part of our defensive game.

Love Vlad

 

[Hennessy]

Barring some amazing performance in the finals from someone else, this is Hedman's to lose.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Conn Smythe is also about narrative a lot of the time and this isn't necessarily a bad thing but I dont find him being talked about as much as say Keith in 2015, Doughty in 2014, Pronger in 2006 etc. Plus with Kucherov and Point likely to hit at least 30 points each, possible the mid 30s I feel voters will prefer the big numbers.

If Dallas wins it would be nice to see Khudobin win, been 8 years since a goalie last won.

No offense to Hedman, but the reason he isn’t being talked about the same way as let’s say Keith is because he’s got more support around him.

Keith was dragging that Hawks defense core in 2015. They basically didn’t play the bottom pairing and Oduya was a corpse by the end of the run. And Hedman has played very well, he’s just had more help is all.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

No offense to Hedman, but the reason he isn’t being talked about the same way as let’s say Keith is because he’s got more support around him.

Keith was dragging that Hawks defense core in 2015. They basically didn’t play the bottom pairing and Oduya was a corpse by the end of the run. And Hedman has played very well, he’s just had more help is all.

I've been thinking about Keith since the Boston series when I watch Hedman this year. God, Keith killed us.

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Yeah but he's doing it after growing a mullet. And when's the last time they gave the Conn Smythe to somebody with a mullet? Don't think anybody with a mullet has won the Conn Smythe since Gretzky. Usually they don't take kindly to players with mullets...

Hey, Stamkos scored 60 goals with a mullet. Well, basically a mullet. Maybe these playoffs are a sign. Hedman to break defenseman goal scoring records.

 

[DFC]

No offense to Hedman, but the reason he isn’t being talked about the same way as let’s say Keith is because he’s got more support around him.

Keith was dragging that Hawks defense core in 2015. They basically didn’t play the bottom pairing and Oduya was a corpse by the end of the run. And Hedman has played very well, he’s just had more help is all.

Our D has been very good as a whole, yeah. It's been excellent, really. And that's why none of the series have gotten overly close. Even so, without Hedman, we're not in the SCF right now. No way on earth.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Unless he falls off a cliff, its Hedman and only Hedman for Tampa.

 

[Zub]

If Tampa wins it's Hedman no doubt, he's also probably the favorite atm.

 

[Mulletman]

Hey, Stamkos scored 60 goals with a mullet. Well, basically a mullet. Maybe these playoffs are a sign. Hedman to break defenseman goal scoring records.

Yeah, everybody scores more with a mullet! Growing a mullet will improve your confidence to magical levels. There's a reason why the top 2 guys on the all time points list both had mullets. But this also has a lot of people question stats that are scored with a mullet. Some would even like to ban mullets as they feel it's a blatant performance enhancement tool.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Kiviranta

 

[PRZ45MD]

I've been thinking about Keith since the Boston series when I watch Hedman this year. God, Keith killed us.

Keith's sneaky wrist breaking slashes to Tyler Johnson killed us specifically. Healthy TJ and a few more f/o wins make that series go the other way entirely.

 

[Troy McClure]

If the Stars win, expect voters to go with Benn. The voters are mostly Canadian, and this thing has only been awarded to a European four time.

 

[God King Fudge]

If Tampa goes, it's Hedman. End of discussion.