Does falling 1 goal short of 70 hurt Matthews' chances for the Hart?

[Montreal Shadow]

We were hearing all season long that if he did score 70 goals, then he would be in serious contention for the MVP. He merely fell a goal short so it really changes nothing, but Hart voters love their storylines. Still, this is the best goal-scoring season since Lemieux, so this has to count for something.

Or it wouldn't have made a difference?

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[Ezekial]

Dude's hot bread.... toast

 

[norrisnick]

I'm pretty sure it'll be the 35ish points he fell short that'll do it.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

No. Even if he scored 70 he wouldn't have won it. Scoring one less than 70 seems kind of silly to complete diminish his chances. The same way I thought it was silly to think him scoring 70 guaranteed him the trophy.

 

[nturn06]

Yes, greatly... His chances went down from 0.2% to 0.1%, so they halved.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Dont need a thread just for this. Can be discussed in the Hart thread.