Is Leon Draisaitl Gonna Break Nathan Mackinnon's HART

[ManofSteel55]

Lot of ifs and would haves in there

Are you new here? This board is fuelled on "if's", "would've's" and predictions.

 

[Romang67]

I think that would be a shocker for most NHL fans though. Goalies and defensemen always have an uphill battle for the Hart, and aside from Hasek's complete domination in the late 90s, goalies only win when no forward had an especially great season. I don't think you can say that this year with MacKinnon and Draisaitl (pre-injury).

Correction, even Hasek didn't win it without all forwards having down years. Even the year he beat out Lemieux who had 122 points, Lemieux had just scored 161 points in 6 fewer games the season before. The other year he won it, the next season, Jagr led league scoring with 102, which was both bad for Jagr himself and also comparatively to earlier seasons, just a bad scoring year.

 

[WPGDEVILS]

I think that would be a shocker for most NHL fans though. Goalies and defensemen always have an uphill battle for the Hart, and aside from Hasek's complete domination in the late 90s, goalies only win when no forward had an especially great season. I don't think you can say that this year with MacKinnon and Draisaitl (pre-injury).

I do agree but if Mack were to win it after a 20 point drop off from last season I think it counts after the last few seasons of amazing forward production that a goalie with a historical season could win and Vegas reflects that.

 

[HugginThePost]

Do you think it's because he's euro.... Or is it his dirty play, sore winning and losing, and general asshole behaviour? It's him not his place of birth

Sorry, are we talking about Kuch or Drai??

 

[Habssince89]

Sorry, are we talking about Kuch or Drai??

Kuch the douche thanks for asking

 

[HugginThePost]

Kuch the douche thanks for asking

You can understand my confusion, given Drai's body of work.............

 

[Czechboy]

Just leaving this here the for the drai is a passenger crowd.

 

[sepHF]

Big game from Draisaitl last night. Game tying goal for his 50th and then his 51st in OT, setting the all time record for OT goals in a single season. He’s made a really good case for himself for the Hart trophy, will be interesting to see how the votes end up landing

 

[KCC]

Just leaving this here the for the drai is a passenger crowd.

Goal scorers are generally not passers. Draisaitl has 4x cracked 50+ assists in every season he’s cracked 50 goals. The 50/50 club. OV has done it 3 times in his long career. Matthews unsurprisingly has done it zero times.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Most 50 goal seasons, NHL history

• 9x - Bossy, Gretzky, Ovechkin
• 6x - Dionne, Lafleur, Lemieux
• 5x - Bure, Esposito, Hull, Hull, Yzerman
• 4x - Draisaitl, Kerr, Kurri, Goulet

Draisaitl is now one of only 15 players in NHL history with four (or more) 50 goal seasons.

Most 50+50 seasons, NHL history

• 9x - Gretzky
• 7x - Bossy
• 6x - Dionne, Lafleur, Lemieux
• 5x - Esposito, Yzerman
• 4x - Draisaitl, Kurri
• 3x - Jagr, Ovechkin

Draisaitl is now one of only 9 players in NHL history with four (or more) seasons of 50 goals and 50 assists.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Hellebuyck is breaking the Harts!