blundluntman
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For those who missed Round 1 of the Tournament, here are the results:
Round 1 Matchups:
01 Roy vs
03 Giguere vs
04 Richards vs
07 Niedermayer vs
10 Toews vs
15 Keith vs
Evgeni Malkin's 2009 Conn Smythe has been awarded a bye week and will be exempt from Round 2 due to an odd number of participants remaining.
Explanation: As some may remember, in the Hart Trophy Tourney, the bye week was awarded to the season with the highest winning percentage, which would have been Brad Richards. While his smythe wasn't the worst, it wasn't at the top of most people's lists like McDavid's 2021 season and it simply felt strange to award it to him. Because of this, I decided to do a random choice generator for the remaining candidates many believed had a shot to win the whole tournament: 03 Giguere, 09 Malkin, 12 Quick, and 15 Keith. I understand there's no perfect way to award bye weeks given all matchups aren't created equal, but the only alternative I could think of was to create a poll to decide which season deserved the bye week, which would basically be a premature poll for the winner of this tournament. It may seem a bit silly but this was the best compromise I could come up with. Hope it doesn't ruin the tournament for anybody (also: sorry to Justin Williams and his fans).
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