So this is pretty cool. For all the voted-on trophies (Hart, Norris, Selke, Vezina, Byng, Adams), this is a complete list of players that have been nominated for any given trophy 5+ times in a row.
Player | Trophy | Consecutive Nominations | Year Started | Year Ended | Wins |
Wayne Gretzky | Hart | 10 | 1980 | 1989 | 9 |
Bobby Orr | Norris | 8 | 1968 | 1975 | 8 |
Frank Boucher | Byng | 8 | 1928 | 1935 | 7 |
Patrice Bergeron | Selke | 8 | 2012 | 2019 | 4 |
Ray Bourque | Norris | 7 | 1990 | 1996 | 3 |
Bobby Orr | Hart | 7 | 1969 | 1975 | 3 |
Pavel Datsyuk | Selke | 6 | 2008 | 2013 | 3 |
Red Kelly | Byng | 6 | 1950 | 1955 | 3 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | Norris | 6 | 1998 | 2003 | 3 |
Pierre Pilote | Norris | 6 | 1962 | 1967 | 3 |
Johnny Bucyk | Byng | 6 | 1970 | 1975 | 2 |
Phil Esposito | Hart | 6 | 1969 | 1974 | 2 |
Wayne Gretzky | Byng | 6 | 1987 | 1992 | 2 |
Martin Brodeur | Vezina | 5 | 2003 | 2008 | 4 |
Pavel Datsyuk | Byng | 5 | 2006 | 2010 | 4 |
Bob Gainey | Selke | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 4 |
Doug Harvey | Norris | 5 | 1954 | 1958 | 4 |
Gordie Howe | Hart | 5 | 1957 | 1961 | 3 |
Denis Potvin | Norris | 5 | 1975 | 1979 | 3 |
Guy Carbonneau | Selke | 5 | 1986 | 1990 | 2 |
Bobby Hull | Hart | 5 | 1964 | 1968 | 2 |
Larry Robinson | Norris | 5 | 1977 | 1981 | 2 |
Martin St. Louis | Byng | 5 | 2007 | 2011 | 2 |
Joe Primeau | Byng | 5 | 1931 | 1935 | 1 |
Syl Apps | Hart | 5 | 1939 | 1943 | 0 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | Byng | 5 | 1999 | 2003 | 0 |
Adam Oates | Byng | 5 | 1993 | 1997 | 0 |
Brad Park | Norris | 5 | 1970 | 1974 | 0 |
Craig Ramsay | Selke | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 0 |
Teemu Selanne | Byng | 5 | 1996 | 2000 | 0 |
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If Bergeron gets nominated this year, he'll move ahead of Orr and Boucher and only be behind Gretzky for most consecutive nominations for any award. Obviously Selke doesn't equal Hart, but it's a crazy string of consistency for his niche.