Not sure if Quick can Keep this up all season long. But If he can, I think he wins them Both. I guess a lot of it would depend on if the Kings make the playoffs.
Not sure how they could deny Quick the Hart trophy if the Kings make the playoffs.
30th ranked offense atm, The Kings would be talking top Five draft pick if not for Quick at this juncture.
By definition the Hart is awarded annually to the "player adjudged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League (NHL).
If that defines anyone it' sQuick this year. Take him off this team and they are in last place.
But the voters, for some annoying reason, vote it to the highest scoring player, which is wrong.
I felt last year that Pekke Rinne should have gotten far m,ore consideration. He was the MVP if you consider where that team would have been without him on it.
he carried them.
But goalies don't get the consideration they should. That only 2 have won in all the years (1920's??) they've been giving it out, says alot about that.
I think Tim Thomas will be a Vezina favorite as well. He does have a good offense in front of him, but his numbers in GAA and save percentage are about the same as Quick's.
It'll be a good discussion as the season goes along. I say Thomas and Quick right now are two candidates, who do you guys think would be the 3rd if voting started today? Elliott and Lundqvist have to be up there as well.
By definition the Hart is awarded annually to the "player adjudged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League (NHL).
If that defines anyone it' sQuick this year. Take him off this team and they are in last place.
But the voters, for some annoying reason, vote it to the highest scoring player, which is wrong.
I felt last year that Pekke Rinne should have gotten far m,ore consideration. He was the MVP if you consider where that team would have been without him on it.
he carried them.
But goalies don't get the consideration they should. That only 2 have won in all the years (1920's??) they've been giving it out, says alot about that.
For the Hart, you also have to give Brian Elliott a lot of love. Guy has been beyond beast mode this year. If he plays 30 or more games down the stretch for St. Louis and keeps those numbers up, hard not to give it to him.
Neither Thomas nor Elliot will play enough games to be serious Hart candidates. Goalies need to play 65+ games. That's why Thomas finished 5th in Hart voting despite setting a record for the NHL's single season best save percentage (.938) while also leading the league in 2010-11 for GAA (2.00; 2nd best was 2.11). Thomas will also be hurt by Rask's numbers.
He's a lock if he repeats the second half of the season and the Kings miraculously make the playoffs while being dead last in offense throughout the entire NHL. It is indisputable.
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He's a lock if he repeats the second half of the season and the Kings miraculously make the playoffs while being dead last in offense throughout the entire NHL. It is indisputable.
If it's indisputible, that means he will get snubbed.
If Kings makes the playoffs and have a bottom 5 offence, I dont see how voters could pick a different Hart winner, unless someone puts up like 110 points
It could easily be a weird situation where someone like Lundqvist wins the Vezina and Quick wins the Hart
