Pronger had an awesome year, a Hart consideration worthy year, but people are overblowing how good it was.
He was indeed brilliant and helped lead the Blues to the best record in the league, but it took certain things happening that he had no control over to help his case.
If these things didn’t happen, he does not win that trophy.
No one scored 100 points.
If Jagr played a few more games and hit 100 points, he wins it.
Nearly every top forward (or high point getter) missed significant time. Jagr missed 19 games, Sakic missed 22 games, Forsberg missed 33 games, Lindros missed 27, Yashin missed the entire year after a 94 point Hart runner up season, Turgeon missed 30 games (he had 66 in 52. In a vacuum, this helps Pronger’s case).
Maybe Bure wins it if he plays more than 74 games and gets to 60 goals 100 points and wins the Art Ross instead of Jagr.
There wasn’t an ethereal goalie season (Hasek played 35 games).
Pronger won by a single vote. If Jagr in particular simply hits 100 points, he picks up the vote needed to win.
Great season, Pronger goes down in history with that trophy, but let’s not forget the context that led to the win.