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I got you, I would never do that. love this city lol.Posted a reply thinking you were taking a shot at Edmonton.
I got you, I would never do that. love this city lol.
To be fair, some of the best sports journalists in print media are journalism grads who have never played their sport at a high level.
Off the top of my head, I can think of LeBrun for hockey and Gab Marcotti for soccer.
He's more of a TV journo, but I believe McKenzie is a journalism grad as well.
here's the list
of course Joe Haggarty picked a Bruin #1 for his MVP (Pastrnak)....huge homer
Greg Wyshynski didn't pick Leon #1 or #2....shocking how much he hates the Oilers
Dom Luszczgfadfh picked Auston Matthews 5th LOL...his spreadsheet spit out his numbers I guess
He deserves all the praise he can get, what a year and what a player. I didn't realize this level of player was in Draisaitl, but, basically, never doubt him.
Edit: Remember the hand wringing about his contract and how expensive it was
Another case of insomnia and being bored but thanks for posting this. Of interesting note "The Athletic" holds as many as 47 votes that I counted. Out of 170 in total. Most other publications that get to vote get one. Why on Earth is one publication granted so much voting power to decide these things? I mean I could see it being a specialist publication that focuses on sports specifically getting a few more legitimate votes than 1. But 47? These things, and how they arose should probably be questioned. I don't recall these trophies being named the Art Ross The Athletic trophy.
I mention this as well because a majority of The Athletic voters voted against Leon Draisaitl, and some with inane lists and picks. Deserves to be mentioned that Leon from what I was able to count (hard to count from those tables, Leon got 93 first place votes overall, so overwhelming majority. yet most of the 47 Athletic votes were for somebody else. So we're seeing some selective bias at work with the publication.
ftr from my count 29 The Athletic voters picked somebody other than Leon Draisaitl. Only 18 of their writers picked Leon.
So lets sort out some numbers;
Leon obtained 38% first place ballots from The Athletic voters.
Leon obtained 55% first place ballots overall, among all voters.
Leon Draisaitl obtained a whopping 61% of first place votes from everybody but The Athletic voters.
What this means is statistically significant confirmed bias of one publication, and that could have swayed voting somewhat if Leon did not have considerable support from the rest of sports journalists and sports media.
I think it is a classic example of "organizational think" at work there. All these guys talk to each other, they are on iMessage groups together, Teams groups, etc etc etc. People who work in corporations know how this goes, one guy is on a soap box about something and then all of a sudden half the office is buying Bitcoin at an alarming rate, lol.
Agree with The Athletic getting more than 1 vote, hell they should probably have 31 even (1 for each team they cover), but 47 is a bit much.
Good on Leon! While he has always been extremely talented he has also put a lot of work into his game. While skating was never as bad as some though it is now a real strength. But it is his shot that I really think he has turned into something elite by sheer hard work. I think we all knew he was a sublime passer, but how many of us expected one of the best goal scorers in the league.
I need a photo with him posing in front of all three trophies so I can post it everywhere on HF
Good on Leon! While he has always been extremely talented he has also put a lot of work into his game. While skating was never as bad as some though it is now a real strength. But it is his shot that I really think he has turned into something elite by sheer hard work. I think we all knew he was a sublime passer, but how many of us expected one of the best goal scorers in the league.
Another case of insomnia and being bored but thanks for posting this. Of interesting note "The Athletic" holds as many as 47 votes that I counted. Out of 170 in total. Most other publications that get to vote get one. Why on Earth is one publication granted so much voting power to decide these things? I mean I could see it being a specialist publication that focuses on sports specifically getting a few more legitimate votes than 1. But 47? These things, and how they arose should probably be questioned. I don't recall these trophies being named the Art Ross The Athletic trophy.
I mention this as well because a majority of The Athletic voters voted against Leon Draisaitl, and some with inane lists and picks. Deserves to be mentioned that Leon from what I was able to count (hard to count from those tables, Leon got 93 first place votes overall, so overwhelming majority. yet most of the 47 Athletic votes were for somebody else. So we're seeing some selective bias at work with the publication.
ftr from my count 29 The Athletic voters picked somebody other than Leon Draisaitl. Only 18 of their writers picked Leon.
So lets sort out some numbers;
Leon obtained 38% first place ballots from The Athletic voters.
Leon obtained 55% first place ballots overall, among all voters.
Leon Draisaitl obtained a whopping 61% of first place votes from everybody but The Athletic voters.
What this means is statistically significant confirmed bias of one publication, and that could have swayed voting somewhat if Leon did not have considerable support from the rest of sports journalists and sports media.