2023-24 Ted Lindsay Award finalists: Nikita Kucherov, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews

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[Nadal On Clay]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

 

[koyvoo]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

 

[jiggy35]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

The world of the players who actually play the sport.

 

[CapspaceKiller]

Matthews getting some serious love from the players. Damn, didn't expect this.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Lmao

 

[norrisnick]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

Only thing I can think of is some strange venn diagram of players from GTA that are fully kool-aid'ed up and a group of players that are impressed with the season he had in that absolute shit show of a media market.

 

[Rpenny]

LOL---Suddenly this means more that the Heart--who would have thunk it

 

[Rob Brown]

All of non-Leafs HF punching air right now.

 

[Craig Button]

 

[Rob Brown]

LOL---Suddenly this means more that the Heart--who would have thunk it

Yes, this trophy definitely means more than the Heart.

 

[Craig Button]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

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[Rob Brown]

In what world was Matthews a better player than McDavid?

Do you not understand what this award is and who votes on it?

 

[MoreMogilny]

Players love our boy Matthews

 

[notbias]

"The writers know better!"

I already know a ton of people are going to be upset.

I think the players respect goals a lot.

Would have had no issue with McDavid over Matthews.

LOL---Suddenly this means more that the Heart--who would have thunk it

It always has.

Only thing I can think of is some strange venn diagram of players from GTA that are fully kool-aid'ed up and a group of players that are impressed with the season he had in that absolute shit show of a media market.

"I know more than the players"

 

[Rodgerwilco]

It's always funny to me to see people acting like their own personal opinion is more correct or holds more weight than the peers who are actually voting on their other peers.

 

[dmac7719]

All of non-Leafs HF punching air right now.

I don't think as many people as you think care that Matthews got 3rd place over McDavid

 

[Rob Brown]

I don't think as many people as you think care that Matthews got 3rd place over McDavid

Judging by how this thread is going already, I think a lot of people are going to be bitching and whining about it.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Mackinnon is a lock for this.

 

[notbias]

I don't think as many people as you think care that Matthews got 3rd place over McDavid

This thread already says otherwise...

 

[Nadal On Clay]

I guess McDavid torching teams left and right has taken a toll on the players. He probably didn’t get a single vote from anyone on LA and Calgary

 

[notbias]

Mackinnon is a lock for this.

I feel like he is a more complete and better player than Kuch... but Kuch has just as much of a claim to this as Mac in my opinion.

They both had amazing seasons.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Do you not understand what this award is and who votes on it?

McDavid was a much better player than Matthews, had a better season than Matthews and will continue being a much better player than Matthews in the future. The players are just getting tired of McDavid winning.

 

[Rob Brown]

McDavid was a much better player than Matthews, had a better season than Matthews and will continue being a much better player than Matthews in the future. The players are just getting tired of McDavid winning.

Yes, McDavid is better in general, but this is an award for this season, not who is better overall or who has had/will have a better career. This season players collectively thought differently than you do, and that's okay. You'll be okay, too.

 

[notbias]

McDavid was a much better player than Matthews, had a better season than Matthews and will continue being a much better player than Matthews in the future. The players are just getting tired of McDavid winning.

Weird to vote for another winner then... pick someone new.

What's more likely is that they think it is very hard to score and 69 goals is an insane number.

There might have been a single vote difference between Matthews/McDavid... who knows.