Posts About "Hart Trophy"
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media
September 20th, 2020 The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners, almost a month altogether. If you don’t remember what awards were already announced or who won them, don’t worry. You’re excused. After superbly handling the management of this...
Top 10 Longest Trophy Droughts
June 20th, 2020 Getting their name engraved on the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal of every player on all NHL teams. Each year, the league also recognizes its outstanding players and coaches for individual accomplishments through a collection of annual awards. Some of these almost date back to the NHL’s inception. Related: Longest Stanley Cup...
Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov Will Win the Hart Trophy in 5 Years
May 27th, 2020 A Florida Panthers player has never won the Hart Trophy. That might change in five years, as Aleksander Barkov, their Finnish captain and top-line center, approaches his prime. Related: Top 10 NHL Lines The Hart Trophy race has been dominated by bona fide superstars through the years. Wayne Gretzky holds the record with nine MVP...
Jarome Iginla Deserved the 2002 Hart Trophy
May 2nd, 2020 The NHL’s 2001-02 season was one of few goals, many saves, and one infamous award snub. Given that this was the "dead puck era," it's fitting that one skater—Jarome Iginla—and two goalies—Patrick Roy and José Théodore—were named as the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy. Still, Iginla was the favourite going into the...
Hart to Hart, the Canadiens' Hart-Winning Goalies of the 2000s
April 27th, 2020 The Hart Trophy is awarded to the NHL's MVP of the regular season. Since the trophy's inception in 1924, there have been only seven goalies who have won the award. Many of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history have never won the trophy, and only one has won it twice. Taylor Hall with the 2018 Hart Trophy (Photo by Brian...
Bruins' Pastrnak Deserves Hart Consideration
March 9th, 2020 Coming into his sixth campaign in the National Hockey League, Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak had increased his goal totals in each of the last three seasons. He has broken the 30-goal mark each year with 34 in 2016-17, 35 in 2017-18, and 38 last season. This season, Pastrnak is having a career-year at 23 years old and is...
Jets' Hellebuyck Deserves Vezina & Hart Consideration
March 8th, 2020 Here we are entering the second week of March and the Winnipeg Jets are in the fight of their life trying to earn a playoff spot. The fact we are still able to say those words is largely due to one man – goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Related: Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck: From Fifth-Rounder to Shutout Leader Hellebuyck has been...
Canucks' Markstrom Making a Case for Vezina and Hart Consideration
February 18th, 2020 Fresh off arguably the best goaltending performance of this year, it has become impossible to ignore the season that Jacob Markstrom is having. Although, many are still are. The Vancouver Canucks netminder’s 49-save shutout performance on Feb. 12 against the Chicago Blackhawks shattered several records, including the most saves by...
Jack Eichel's Emergence as a Hart Trophy Candidate
December 30th, 2019 During this NHL season, fans have seen many young players finally develop into the stars they have been projected to be, but nobody has turned more heads than Jack Eichel. There is no doubt that Jack Eichel has been the MVP of the Buffalo Sabres for quite some time, but rather than focusing on personal success, he has taken it upon...
Boston Bruins: Pastrnak's Road to the Hart Trophy
October 30th, 2019 David Pastrnak is off to one of the hottest starts of any NHL player in recent memory. His five-game goal-scoring streak was snapped in Sunday’s 7-4 win against the New York Rangers, but the Czech native made up for it with a ridiculous five-assist - five-assist - night. How about them apples? That five-point performance, with the...
Kucherov Lapping the Field in Hart Trophy Race
April 3rd, 2019 Connor McDavid knows better than to risk making end-of-season NHL award projections. Through no fault of his own, the Edmonton Oilers captain was not included among last year's three MVP candidates, causing a stir back home. So McDavid understandably d...
Blackhawks' Kane and His Case for the Hart
March 3rd, 2019 It doesn't take a hockey expert to tell you that Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks is on fire right now. Despite failing to break his record of a 26-game point streak, Kane recently came off of a 20-game point streak. He also scored one of the best goals of the season to seal the win for the Blackhawks against the Anaheim Ducks on...
2019 Hart Trophy Odds: Place Your Bets
August 23rd, 2018 Since 1926, the Professional Hockey Writers Association has awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy to the league’s most valuable player. Due to the growing parity in the league, the Hart Trophy race has been one of the more exciting NHL Awards. Last year’s race was more crowded than a rush hour train, with nearly a dozen legitimate...
