Conn Smythe Winner?
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While it has certainly been a while since the mulleted masses have taken home the trophy, post-Gretzky saw Al MacInnis win in 1989 and Mario Lemieux in both 1991 and 1992. They had really good mullets in those years. Patrick Roy didn't have one going in 1986 or 2001, although he had a pretty good one in 1993. The correct answer, though, is probably Claude Lemieux in 1995. Solid mullet.
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Giving this to a goalie has always annoyed me. Everyone who has watched hockey for a long time knows that there are always some ”hot” goalies and in their case I say that of the 35 teams nr 1 goalies, all of them are capable to have a hot streak or good playoffs.
It is such an easy decision where you kind of are never wrong cause there is no one to compare you to. On the other hand out of the lines there are almost 15 players in each team that could have great playoffs and battle for this at the beginning of The playoffs. Ofc realisticly there are 5-7 usually. But they really must perform every game at 100%. The work that a player has to do to win the trophy is totally different to the goalies. And goalies don’t even play in every game..!?
I know that that you have to have a super goalie to win the cup and in hockey in general. I am not saying it isn’t difficult to them or taking anything away from shutouts and I admire every goalie who are tremendous. It is awesome to watxh when it seems that someone just catches everything and is keeping the the team in the game or protecting a lead....But it is kind of an obvious situation that the goalie from the winning team has been awesome. Then you have players that also deserve it and sorry folks but I just say that this should always be given to a player not goalie. from them you really can say and see feom shift to shift how well someone is performing night after night under pressure...
But about who it should go to now. Idk. Hedman is the best D in the league and if tampa wins there shouldn’t be any question who gets it and Hedman should finally be recognised for the beast that he is.
I haven’t followed that much Dallas, but from the games that I have seen there is no doubt in my mind that it should be Heiskanen, although pretty sure it will go to someone like benn instead if they win cause nobody knows who the f*** is heiskanen so it is better for the league. But I have to add that I actually think Heiskanen was evwn better than Hedman on the games that I saw feom Dallas. Just insane. He is going to be a superstar if he isn’t already. The confidence, skating, eye, pass etc that he has are just perfect and he knows also How to defend unlike E karlsson or Subban for an example.
Just sooooo boring if it goes to a goalie!!
It is such an easy decision where you kind of are never wrong cause there is no one to compare you to. On the other hand out of the lines there are almost 15 players in each team that could have great playoffs and battle for this at the beginning of The playoffs. Ofc realisticly there are 5-7 usually. But they really must perform every game at 100%. The work that a player has to do to win the trophy is totally different to the goalies. And goalies don’t even play in every game..!?
I know that that you have to have a super goalie to win the cup and in hockey in general. I am not saying it isn’t difficult to them or taking anything away from shutouts and I admire every goalie who are tremendous. It is awesome to watxh when it seems that someone just catches everything and is keeping the the team in the game or protecting a lead....But it is kind of an obvious situation that the goalie from the winning team has been awesome. Then you have players that also deserve it and sorry folks but I just say that this should always be given to a player not goalie. from them you really can say and see feom shift to shift how well someone is performing night after night under pressure...
But about who it should go to now. Idk. Hedman is the best D in the league and if tampa wins there shouldn’t be any question who gets it and Hedman should finally be recognised for the beast that he is.
I haven’t followed that much Dallas, but from the games that I have seen there is no doubt in my mind that it should be Heiskanen, although pretty sure it will go to someone like benn instead if they win cause nobody knows who the f*** is heiskanen so it is better for the league. But I have to add that I actually think Heiskanen was evwn better than Hedman on the games that I saw feom Dallas. Just insane. He is going to be a superstar if he isn’t already. The confidence, skating, eye, pass etc that he has are just perfect and he knows also How to defend unlike E karlsson or Subban for an example.
Just sooooo boring if it goes to a goalie!!
Khudobin or Hedman.
It's not boring if the Conn Smythe trophy goes to the backup goalie! No backup goalie won it. It's a cool story.
It's not boring if the Conn Smythe trophy goes to the backup goalie! No backup goalie won it. It's a cool story.
Cam Ward '06? He wasn't the starting goalie when the playoffs started.
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Sorry. Missed the word "aged" backup goalie who played all NHL career for many years only as the backup goalie. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Ken Dryden 1971. He won over the starting goalie Rogie Vachon.
Has to be Khudobin if the Stars win. He’s been standing on his head for them. Hedman thus far for the Bolts, but I can see Point working his way into the conversation if the series goes their way.
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Khudobin would have to notch a couple shutouts in the remaining games to get it. He was absolutely not stellar at all in the early going of these playoffs.
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Hedman heiskanen are both doing some incredible things as defencemen ALL TIME.
Hedmans 9 goals has only been been bested 3 times.
Heiskanens 23 points have only been bested 7 times.
Khudobin has not done anything that compares to that even tho he has been good. Lenner with his 4 shutouts would have better claim as a goalie at this point in my opinion.
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Khudobin, really?
Heiskanen is ppg as a defenseman lol. on Tampa so many choices but I'd lean Kuch or Point, whoever participated to the scoresheet at an important moment (not like an 8-2 win)
Heiskanen is ppg as a defenseman lol. on Tampa so many choices but I'd lean Kuch or Point, whoever participated to the scoresheet at an important moment (not like an 8-2 win)
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They both had 5 points in an 8-2 win though.
It's Hedman for Tampa and no one comes close right now.
