55 would be 7 more points over 21 games and therefore would be pretty doable for Giordano. Mind you, that would be such a decrease from his previous production, it might impact perception of his overall year.
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55 would be 7 more points over 21 games and therefore would be pretty doable for Giordano. Mind you, that would be such a decrease from his previous production, it might impact perception of his overall year.
Dick Whitman
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Flames fans would have happily traded those votes. No way Gio is even close but Johnny v. Stone will be tight (I think Ekblad might just run up the middle).
Do Calder and Norris get weighted first/second/third votes?
Dick Whitman
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I thought most of the awards had 1/2/3 voting. Meh. Whoever wins will win, but all players in contention/consideration have had ridiculously awesome seasons and that won't ever be taken away... Unless HGH, I guess.
I think they have voting all the way down to 5 actually. but the points are heavily tilted towards the first vote. It is crucial to have more firsts than whoever else is in the running.
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ill give it to Karlsson because Ottawa made the playoffs, but imo its pretty close between him and Subban.
voting 1st for Gio is absolutely ridiculous, he missed 1/4th of the season. had he played the entire he probably woulda been the frontrunner but unfortunately he didnt.
voting 1st for Gio is absolutely ridiculous, he missed 1/4th of the season. had he played the entire he probably woulda been the frontrunner but unfortunately he didnt.
BondraTime
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Has a lot of journalists revealed how they voted? The clear consensus on HFboards seem to be that Karlsson will win it but the few links posted here has suggested other candidates (NHL.com had Doughty I believe, and some Habs oriented site argumented on behalf of Subban).
A few has..these I know of for sure
James Mirtle has Karlsson
Eric Duhatschek has Doughty
McKenzie has Giordano
Elliote Friedman has one of Karlsson/Doughty/Subban
so there's three voters with three different players with a possibility of 4 different... I think it could be really close in the end.
marvelousmotion
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Too bad Giordano got injured, he was easily the front-runner for me. I don't think Subban should win it; he's played good enough to be among the finalists discussions, but not special enough to win it. I'd give Karlsson a slight edge as he contributed to the Sens' playoffs push. If we could take into consideration the playoffs, Karlsson has been the better D so far, no doubt about it.
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I think Karlsson and Subban will be the two of the finalists. I don't know who is going to be the third one. Giordano maybe?
It's funny that a ton of people discredit Karlsson before his team made the playoffs because he hadn't played well in the first 20-25 games of the season or because there was a strong chance his team wouldn't make the playoffs. Yet, Giordano (who missed a quarter of the season) is apparently a first place vote for a media member and Doughty (who's team missed the playoffs) is a first place vote for another media member? What the ****?
If it had only been based on the last 40 games of the regular season, noone would be close to Karlsson.
But over 82 games this season will be extremely close. There are like 5-6 players that could win, have no idea who it will be though.
My top-3 are...
Karlsson, Josi and.....Giordano....but perhaps his injury put him out of contention. Then Subban.
But over 82 games this season will be extremely close. There are like 5-6 players that could win, have no idea who it will be though.
My top-3 are...
Karlsson, Josi and.....Giordano....but perhaps his injury put him out of contention. Then Subban.
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Isn't that a big of a waste of a vote if no one else is going to give it to Gio? That means his 2nd place vote gets a big help in scoring?
It's fun to play what if and wonder if the flames would've made the playoffs if Gio was healthy. Could've changed the balance of everything.
Gnashville
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He was actually neither he or Josi wear the right uniform to get votes. Both won't finish in the top 10 and one will not get one single vote.
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Gnashville
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If it says Nashville on it. Believe me it does. Media members admit to not watching Nashville games.It doesn't matter what jersey the player wears. My god.
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I don't understand. MTL fans are saying that their entire team is Price but somehow they also have a Norris-calibre Dman on the roster?
This is Karlsson. Giordano is 2nd (and I'm an Oilers fan). Subban is probably 4th or 5th but might get a nomination because it's Montreal.
This is Karlsson. Giordano is 2nd (and I'm an Oilers fan). Subban is probably 4th or 5th but might get a nomination because it's Montreal.
