No I'm not kidding. Zetterberg is coach Babcock's #1 choice to shadow the superstars of the opposing team. In the playoffs, when Babcock actually lets his stars PK, Zetterberg is the #1 choice of PKer.
Datsyuk won his Selkes because he scores more points (in the regular season) and because lazy writers are in love with simplistic stats (like takeaways). Honestly, Datsyuk's first two Selkes were okay (though Zetterberg probably deserved them more), but his last one was an absolute joke.
this is not exactly accurate.
zetterberg probably should have won in '08, but was not as good in '09 or '10, and should not have been a finalist, imo, especially not in '10.
zetterberg had the same number of points in '10, and basically the same in '08 (and more points per game).
zetterberg is the 1st F for 3 on 5 PK, but not 4 on 5 PK. zetterberg has never led DRW F's in SHTOI per game in the playoffs.
datsyuk and zetterberg (and franzen, who used to be a checker) are being used less on PK recently. main PKers since last season are helm, eaves, drew miller, filppula and cleary. previously, draper and maltby would be included.
in '10 playoffs, datsyuk was eventually used more on PK than zetterberg (including on 3 on 5 PK), b/c he is better on faceoffs, and phoenix and SJ were dominating on faceoffs.
but i think zetterberg is a better defensive F and that datsyuk should not have been a selke finalist last season.
No he couldn't have, he didn't even make 2nd AS RW.
St.louis had just as much goals, being a playmaker and 2 more assist, he was easily first in line for 1st ASRW had Heatley been placed as a LW
yes, he could have.
i don't think st louis was better than hossa.
points are basically the same 100 vs 102. hossa is a better defensive player, had better +/-, and led his team in scoring by a large margin, whereas st louis was 2nd in scoring on TBL to lecavalier.
hossa also led atlanta to the top of the division.
but when i watched TBL that season, i thought st louis was better than lecavalier.