Will McDavid be unanimous Hart winner?

[CpatainCanuck]

Anybody that doesn't vote for McDavid is pretty dumb. Not only has he clearly had the best season of any player, he also plays on a weaker, shallower team than other candidates and is very clearly more valuable to his team.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Anybody that doesn't vote for McDavid is pretty dumb. Not only has he clearly had the best season of any player, he also plays on a weaker, shallower team than other candidates and is very clearly more valuable to his team.

Are you aware of the spelling mistake in your username?

 

[cyris]

Isn’t the voting for the major trophies voted on by members of the different this year?
I believe only 2 members of the media from each market get a vote. With maybe a few additional media members who are national media members getting votes.

I don’t think there is any doubt McDavid should be first on every ballet. But I also wouldn’t be surprised to see someone else get votes by writers who want to be contrarian or who just want attention.

 

[wetcoast]

Every voter who makes questionable votes "backs up" their reasons. But that doesn't mean they present very strong or valid reasons.

I don’t think there is any question that McDavid will easily win the Hart, if several other players get 1st place votes it won’t be the end of the world.

 

[wetcoast]

Anybody that doesn't vote for McDavid is pretty dumb. Not only has he clearly had the best season of any player, he also plays on a weaker, shallower team than other candidates and is very clearly more valuable to his team.

He also plays quite a bit with Leon but it doesn’t really matter this year as he is winning it going away.

 

[Mats13]

He should be but there’s gonna be idiots who vote for the hometown guy.

Like that Pittsburgh guy and Crosby.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

Laine and Matthews were much closer their rookie seasons than anyone is to McDavid this year.

As explained earlier, it was an analogy not a direct comparison.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

I think personally Matthews will get a couple of undeserved votes. This year, Matthews was special, but mcdavid was something above that

 

[CpatainCanuck]

Are you aware of the spelling mistake in your username?

Are you one of these hilarious people who think 62 point Crosby should win the Hart over 100 point McDavid?

 

[Steve]

He probably won’t get a unanimous win but he probably should.

 

[MardyBum]

Never underestimate a journalist looking to be a potato.

Reading the thread apparently it is some guy named Rob Rossi

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Are you one of these hilarious people who think 62 point Crosby should win the Hart over 100 point McDavid?

Didn't realize the spelling mistake was a sensitive topic. My apologies.

 

[iCanada]

Lots of homers wont vote for him.

For example, I dont think Joe Haggerty has ever not voted for a Bruin.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

Didn't realize the spelling mistake was a sensitive topic. My apologies.

Hmm...you’re the one trying to deflect from the topic at hand

 

[Namikaze Minato]

Hmm...you’re the one trying to deflect from the topic at hand

Hey man, you misspelled your name.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

At least Rossi backs up his claim.

The Hart and most valuable player tag leaves it a bit open to interpretation and I think at least 3 votes goes elsewhere.

I struggle to see how Rossi backed up his claim though. Arguing that McDavid is not the most valuable player to his team is just as nonsensical as arguing that McDavid is not the best player. There’s no logical argument for either.

 

[supersized]

Hmm...you’re the one trying to deflect from the topic at hand

No he was pointing out the irony. Which you clearly missed lol

 

[CpatainCanuck]

No he was pointing out the irony. Which you clearly missed lol

I am waiting to hear how voting for someone other than McDavid for Hart wouldn’t be stupid.

 

[BudBundy]

Some will legitimately vote for Matthews if they feel goals are much more important than points. Someone will vote Vasilevsky or Hedman because they think the position is harder/more important. Some will be homer donkeys or contrarians “just cuz.”

 

[North Cole]

I recently posted this in another thread. Since 1980, there have been eight seasons where a player took 95%+ of the first-place votes for the Hart trophy:

Season	Player	Max	1st place	Percentage	Notes
1982	Gretzky	63	63	100.0%	Only unanimous Hart in NHL history
1993	Lemieux	50	49	98.0%	1x 2nd place vote
1992	Messier	69	67	97.1%	2x 2nd place votes
1984	Gretzky	62	60	96.8%	2x 2nd place votes
2012	Malkin	149	144	96.6%	4x 2nd place votes, 1x third place vote
2019	Kucherov	171	164	95.9%	3x 2nd place votes, 2x third place votes, 2x fourth place votes
2008	Ovechkin	134	128	95.5%	4x 2nd place votes, 1x third place votes, missing from one ballot
1985	Gretzky	63	60	95.2%	1x 2nd place vote, missing from two ballots

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I don't think McDavid wins unanimously. It's only happened once in all of NHL history (going back to the 1920's). And there were far fewer voters in the 20th century - you're more likely to get a contrarian or shameless homer in a pool of around 150 voters, as opposed to a pool of around 60 voters.

Still, I expect McDavid will end up in the top five on the list, making it the most decisive Hart trophy of the 21st century.

LOL, the bold - OV was missing from a ballot? After scoring 65 goals? That's a pretty incompetent voter.

 

[HanSolo]

Unanimous? Maybe not. But he'll win by a huge majority.

 

[snipes]

Should be.

I think they publish now who votes for who on the Hart, I’d love to see the scolding for whoever doesn’t vote for the best season and player since Lemieux.

 

[Goose312]

There will be one or two attention seeking edge lords that don't put him first with some terrible justification to try and get more clicks on their blog.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Hmm...you’re the one trying to deflect from the topic at hand

Deflect? When did I say anything about disagreeing with what you originally said? I was just asking if you realize you mispelled your username and you seemed to get angry about the question.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Depends on how many votes Rob Rossi gets.