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Nathan MacKinnon wins 2025-26 Maurice “Rocket” Richard
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superstars
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congrats to him. not bothered that he finished with only 2 more goals than Caufield when 8 of them were on empty nets since he lost the 23-24 Art Ross to Kucherov on the back of empty nets himself
Video Nasty
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Congrats. Every piece of hardware helps his all-time status.
JoeSakic13
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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
The Panther
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36 goals in the first 43 games, and then 17 in 37 after that (including what seemed like a handful of empty-netters). He did slow down as the season went along. But anyway, great season and he's one of only two players to hit 50 goals, so it's quite a thing.
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Guy has won everything in this league it seems. Good on him.
Let the late career “he’s a good defensive player now” conversation start!
Let the late career “he’s a good defensive player now” conversation start!
Wlodarczyk
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Can't be mad since EN always counted. First time a Hab should have been the winner in a long time but rules are rules. Just wondering how more he could have gotten if CC played in the last minute too ahead.
Gratz Nate
Gratz Nate
beanie
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If only he could hit wide open nets in the Olympics lol
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Before this season I thought he'd go down as the best player to never win any hardware.
Somehow he managed to win a rocket and Sakic never did, despite having one of the best wristshots of all time.
But yeah, never expected him to lead the league in goals. Good for him.
Somehow he managed to win a rocket and Sakic never did, despite having one of the best wristshots of all time.
But yeah, never expected him to lead the league in goals. Good for him.
Hockeyholic
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Everyone talks about how how he got a bunch of EN goals to win the rocket. Yet....he missed an EN goal in the biggest game of his life to help lose his country Gold.
Irony.
FunkySeeFunkyDo
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I think you can win the “Rocket” or the “Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy”, but not the “Maurice “Rocket” Richard”. I could be wrong.
Hockeyholic
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Before this season he had won a Lindsay, Calder, Hart, & four nations MVP.
Slayer97
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I was told hardware doesn’t matter and that he doesn’t need it.
Please continue explaining to us why that is.
Please continue explaining to us why that is.
Felidae
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Yikes, that's an embarrassing brainfart lmfao. Ig my excuse is that it's 5 am here rn..
Ezpz
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Grats. Coles the only one who beat the goalie 50 times this year.
I think when it comes to winning such an award, it does come down a lot on luck. You need a peak-year, preferably at a time where no one else has an even better one, while all of the usual suspects struggle for some reason.
If you look at recent winners, Ovechkin has finally aged out, Draisaitl had an off-year in terms of goalscoring and then got injured on top of it, Matthews has been a shell of his former self in terms of goalscoring and can't stay healthy either, Pastrnak has short far less than in the past, while McDavid actually got back to scoring goals again, but not quite to the extend of his peak-year. That's exactly the time you can win one of these.
Sakic had the bad luck that his best goalscoring-years came when Lemieux and Bure delivered peak-performances.
Sometimes you have these years, were no one is really running away with it.
If you look at the years from 2000 to 2016, outside the lockout-shortened 2013, every year required 50 goals to win the Richard, apart from 2004 in which 41 was enough. A player could score 50 multiple times without winning the Richard, but then be injured or have an off-year in a year were significantly fewer goals would have been enough, thus missing out on a Trophy he would have won if he had just delivered his usual play.
Jaromir Jagr scored 62, 54 and 52 goals, yet never won the Richard either. Even though those totals would often have been good enough in the years before or after.
Voight
#winning
Just missing a Smythe and Selke, thot he former is more attainable for him IMO
Freaky Styley
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I genuinely feel bad for Cole/MTL fans, but I'm sure he'll win one soon.
Avs after the new year completely took their foot off the pedal with very little to play for. Us fans were worried with the jekyll and hyde performances, but in the games that actually mattered down the stretch they showed they are still that first half team. Nate's production is a result of that - especially since he's a pass-first guy anyway and the urgency had left.
Anyways, congrats to both players on a great year.
Empty Net Nate with the most unethical Rocket Richard victory in NHL history. Embarrassing really.
A CS would put him on trajectory to end up the greatest player in franchise history
Don’t feel bad for us, at least not for me. 6 weeks ago the rocket wasn’t even a consideration. Really happy that cole got 50 and even though im not a huge fan of mack he kinda got bent playing with connor and kuch in their primes
He was also the co leader in assists last season, but for some reason theres no award.
Someday he may have a "retro Gretzky " award
