Will McDavid be unanimous Hart winner?

[GingerJesus28]

Will he? Or will some leafs writer(s) vote for Matthews? Maybe Kane?

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[Deadly Dogma]

McDavid has already won the 2 hearts he really cares about lol

 

[Hynh]

No but the tarring and feathering of the idiots who don't vote for him will be worth it

 

[Plural]

I'm willing to bet that Matthews gets at least one 1st place vote.

 

[Mez]

There is always a handful of idiots/homers.

 

[Regal]

There's usually some contrarians who think they're smarter than everyone. I bet Matthews gets at least 1 first place vote

 

[Future GOAT]

Maybe others will get a first place vote, but McDavid will win the Hart very convincingly.

 

[Regal]

For reference sake, the most obvious Hart trophies since the full lockout were Crosby in '14, Malkin in '12 and Ovechkin in '08. Crosby had 8 first place votes go to others, Malkin 5 and Ovechkin 6.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

McDavid has already won the 2 hearts he really cares about lol

I had to zoom in to see if that was Gilbert Gottfried.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

There will definitely be a handful of votes for somebody else, reminds me of when Matthews won the Calder and Winnipeg writers (3 of them?) voted for Laine and every other voter said Matthews.

 

[cesareborgia]

Matthews will get votes for 40 goals in 49 games. He'd get quite a few actually if the voters weren't so worried about being labeled homers.

However, Matthews has a much, much better supporting case. So McDavid truly deserves the Hart.

 

[Plural]

There will definitely be a handful of votes for somebody else, reminds me of when Matthews won the Calder and Winnipeg writers (3 of them?) voted for Laine and every other voter said Matthews.

To be fair, Laine and Matthews were close-ish. Laine had higher PPG and GPG (IIRC) and without his injury he was just as likely candidate for the Calder as Matthews.

This season no-one is even on the same planet as McDavid. He SHOULD be the unanimous winner but history shows us he probably won't be.

 

[Del Preston]

No. A few jackasses trying to push their own analytic models will vote for a random player, like what happened with some of the awards last year.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

To be fair, Laine and Matthews were close-ish. Laine had higher PPG and GPG (IIRC) and without his injury he was just as likely candidate for the Calder as Matthews.

This season no-one is even on the same planet as McDavid. He SHOULD be the unanimous winner but history shows us he probably won't be.

Not going to debate Laine vs Matthews rookie seasons but you would think somebody else from not Winnipeg would have voted him if it really was a debate, he won 164-3 first place votes.

 

[Plural]

Not going to debate Laine vs Matthews rookie seasons but you would think somebody else from not Winnipeg would have voted him if it really was a debate, he won 164-3 first place votes.

What I'm saying, is that it's not nearly as egregious to vote Laine over Matthews for Calder than it would be to vote anyone over McDavid this year. Matthews should have won and should have probably won unanimously. But the difference between Laine and Matthews their rookie season is nowhere near in the same stratosphere as the difference between McDavid and everyone else this year.

If you'd want to make a comparison, voting someone over Ovechkin back in 2008 for the Hart would be eons better.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

What I'm saying, is that it's not nearly as egregious to vote Laine over Matthews for Calder than it would be to vote anyone over McDavid this year. Matthews should have won and should have probably won unanimously. But the difference between Laine and Matthews their rookie season is nowhere near in the same stratosphere as the difference between McDavid and everyone else this year.

If you'd want to make a comparison, voting someone over Ovechkin back in 2008 for the Hart would be eons better.

I dont think we are necessarily disagreeing here, I was just using that particular instance as a point that SOMEBODY will definitely take the homer votes. Would not be shocked to see Sid get a vote, Marchand get a vote or Matthews ahead of Mcdavid just because.

 

[Plural]

I dont think we are necessarily disagreeing here, I was just using that particular instance as a point that SOMEBODY will definitely take the homer votes. Would not be shocked to see Sid get a vote, Marchand get a vote or Matthews ahead of Mcdavid just because.

Yeah, that example works for sure. My guess is Matthews gets 1-2 first place votes (maybe even 3-5) and Marchand gets 1-2. Other than that, McDavid probably gets all 1st place votes.

 

[authentic]

He won't be but he should be.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

McDavid will lose 1 first place vote to Nichushkin if Evolving Wild has a vote.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Should he? Yes.

Will he? No.

 

[GingerJesus28]

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Anyone who doesn't give McDavid 1st place should lose their vote in future years, that just demonstrates an inability to be objective

 

[McRpro]

The people who don't vote for him as #1 should have their voting privileges revoked. Having said that, I would put a large sum of money on McDavid not being unanimous.

 

[David Suzuki]

I'm willing to bet that Matthews gets at least one 1st place vote.

Someone in Toronto will 100 percent

 

[McAsuno]

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I'm amazed that some of these writers are allowed to vote. Already know he's gonna pencil Crosby for the Hart. Absolute moron.