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Considering McDavid’s historic playoff run, should a player who didn’t win the Stanley Cup still be eligible for the Conn Smythe Trophy?
This would be going too far imo.not only that but someone that doesn't even make it to the finals should be able to win it with an exceptional enough performance to make up for playing less games
every MVP trophy should be looked at from a similar perspective as the concept of something like WAR in Baseball, if you provided the most "value" it shouldn't matter at all what team you were on
otherwise it's barely even an award and you're basically just voting on the "best story"
This would be going too far imo.
This is also already possible right? You just have to convince the voters to change their approach.not only that but someone that doesn't even make it to the finals should be able to win it with an exceptional enough performance to make up for playing less games
This is also already possible right? You just have to convince the voters to change their approach.
Absolutely. The trophy is about the most valuable player, you don't have to be on the winning team to be more valuable.
If the most expensive thing a millionaire owns is 200k, and the most expensive thing someone with 800k owns is 500k, you're not gonna say the 200k item is more valuable just bc it belongs to someone with more money.
Voted yes but only players from the SC final should really be in consideration.Considering McDavid’s historic playoff run, should a player who didn’t win the Stanley Cup still be eligible for the Conn Smythe Trophy?
As opposed to the legions of fans and pundits (likely clad in black and gold) that screech into the void that McDavid is bad and not worthy of ranking without playoff accolades like those held by "winners"?I don't think McDavid should be allowed to win it, whether the Oilers pull this off or not. Because it will be so irritating to have to listen to the entirety of sports media talk about how he is suddenly the greatest of all time as a result.
Absolutely, I've said the same numerous times. Crosby was a very weak Conn Smythe choice... but Kessel would have been as well, despite how many people claim he should have won it. The voters had such an easy out to avoid making a bad choice in Couture, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it because Couture's team didn't play well enough. Pronger should have won in 2006 as well off the top of my head.Yes, there's quite a few performances from the losers of the SCF that should have won the Smythe.
One example that comes to mind is Couture. Outproduced Crosby in the SCF (6 points vs 4)
Had a point in all but one win during the run, including 7 multi point games. Finished with 30 points, setting a franchise record and leading the postseason. 6 more points than 2nd best, and 8 more than the highest non teammate. Was the only player in the early to mid 2010s (basically DPE 2.0) to hit the 30 point mark, in the playoffs
And by this time, he was already a really good defensive player. He should have won.
I'm sure there are others but this is the most recent I can think of