Yes but it's not like he actually finished below anyone in points and people are trying to use what ifs to make it seem like he could have finished higher... he actually did finish with more points than everyone, and finished with a better PPG than anyone, and scored 40 goals as well, and did all that while being sick as hell for a couple months and the Oilers having no powerplay either.
So what you are basically saying is that for a non playoff teams player to win the hart they have to be further ahead than McDavid was? That doesn't make sense to me. He was already ahead of everyone else, he was the most important piece on the Oilers AINEC, how is that not a Hart season? Cause the goaltending was crap all year and the D was collectively having a poor season through injury and just generally taking a step back? How does that lessen what McDavid did? Sick he was able to keep pace, healthy he exploded and left everyone in his dust. You say games didn't matter, I say he did the same last year when the games did matter so it's more of a case of McDavid being good late in the season and not anything else.
