NHL Hart Nominees

The nominees have also been released for the Hart Trophy aka Most Valuable Player aka The Best Award aside from the Stanley Cup. Up for the award this year are: Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Henrik Sedin. In my opinion, this one goes to Sid.

Sidney Crosby has done unreal on all levels of the game. He shared the Rocket Richard trophy with Steven Stamkos for the most goals in the league with 51. He reached the 50 goal mark for the first time since his 2004-2005 season when he was still playing in the QMJHL. He finished in a tie with Ovie for second in the overall points list with 109 and who could forget the golden goal he scored for team Canada in the Olympics. Most people will whine and say "what do the Olympics have to do with anything?". Well, since the NHL partners with the Olympics, and it's basically an all-star tournament only this time the players actually want to be there it has everything to do with anything.

Alex Ovechkin on the other hand, sealed his own fate in my opinion with his "reckless" style of hockey. Alex missed a total of 11 NHL games due to suspensions so if he had been a little bit more disciplined he could have easily won the title for the most points, and possibly the most goals as well... buuut no. Alex finished with an even 50 goals and 109 points, the leaders of those categories had 51 goals and 112 points, so 11 more games and Ovie would have easily taken both. Ovechkin also did not fair well at the Olympics and missed out on the medals completely.

On to Henrik.. well in the first place, I admit that I am a little bit biased because I really don't care for the Canucks... at all. Henrik was basically an assist whore all season and although he finished on top in the points race he also fell into Crosby's shadow at the Olympics. If everyone else had a twin brother on their team to pass to I'm sure they would be doing pretty well in the assist department as well. Further, I hope that his team loses to the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round of the playoffs, preferably in an embarrassing 4 games straight.