1994-95 Hart Trophy Revisit

[Stephen]

Jagr was 33 or 34 and past his prime, which makes it even more impressive than Lindros. I was not aware awards were handed out based on "next one" status

Crosby 2006-07.

 

[Stephen]

I think Lindros deserved the Hart and correctly won it. In my opinion, Hasek had a better Hart argument for 1993-94. during which he was absolutely remarkable.

Coffey for the Hart in 1995? That seems unlikely to me because (to me) he was better in 1983-84 and 1984-85 than in 1995, and he wasn't even close to the Hart back then.

I think Hasek’s 1997 and 1998 Hart Trophies kind of cover his body of work from 1993-94 and up to the Nagano Olympics. Not lifetime Harts but more like long arc Harts where the full body of work and dominance were recognized.

 

[BraveCanadian]

I think Lindros was a deserving winner and Coffey was up there as well with his effort to play a more rounded game that year to lead a talented club.

 

[Crosby2010]

Crosby 2006-07.

Sid deserved that Hart in 2007. The top 5 that year were Crosby, Luongo, Brodeur, Lecavalier and Thornton. No doubt the best forward that year was Crosby. Brodeur broke Bernie Parent's single season wins record with 48 wins and Luongo tied it with 47 (side note, Holtby has 48 wins in 2016 but that still remains the record even with shootouts). To be honest Brodeur and Luongo both had more or less identical type seasons and picking one is like picking a trip to Hawaii or Bahamas. You can't go wrong. I personally pick Brodeur over Luongo that year, but it was close, as was Vezina voting. But Sid definitely deserved it in 2007. He was the NHL's best player that year.

 

[Stephen]

Sid deserved that Hart in 2007. The top 5 that year were Crosby, Luongo, Brodeur, Lecavalier and Thornton. No doubt the best forward that year was Crosby. Brodeur broke Bernie Parent's single season wins record with 48 wins and Luongo tied it with 47 (side note, Holtby has 48 wins in 2016 but that still remains the record even with shootouts). To be honest Brodeur and Luongo both had more or less identical type seasons and picking one is like picking a trip to Hawaii or Bahamas. You can't go wrong. I personally pick Brodeur over Luongo that year, but it was close, as was Vezina voting. But Sid definitely deserved it in 2007. He was the NHL's best player that year.

Of course Crosby did. Just like Lindros. Because those franchise player breakout years which bring their dead teams back to the playoffs is just classic Hart material.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Of course Crosby did. Just like Lindros. Because those franchise player breakout years which bring their dead teams back to the playoffs is just classic Hart material.

quinn hughes last year

(i’ll see myself out now)

 

[authentic]

anecdotally coffey displayed a much better than usual defensive/all-round game for bowman that year but a statistical case for him:


team

led the best team in the league (5 pt cushion for the presidents trophy) in scoring by 8 pts, had more assists than anyone other than fedorov had pts

led the best PP in the league (tied with chicago) in scoring by 12 pts, 8 more PP assists than anyone had pts

led detroit in +/-

2nd on team in PPGA, so he did kill his share of penalties on the league’s second ranked PK


dmen

led all dmen in scoring by 15, more assists than anyone had pts

led dmen in goals

led dmen in ES scoring


all players

6th in league scoring (and if bowman hadn’t rested him in the last game of the season, he very likely would have finished top five, as he was just one pt back of francis)

led the league in PP scoring

led the league in goals on ice for by 11

led the league in PP goals on ice for by 4


his icetime must have been astronomical and the results, both individually and team success, were stellar

and it probably doesn’t need to be mentioned but these numbers are (1) as a dman and (2) in a 48 game season so the lead margins look smaller than they really are

When I see stuff like this I think the idea of Coffey not being a top 10 defenseman of all-time might be wrong.