To me the bolded will always make more sense though not as a steal type situation I just think in both cases there is a not so tiny margin where I think they deserved it more.
Here are the 2024 results
McDavid had 16 of 17 first place votes
Barkov strong 2nd place
There is something to the Stanley Cup is the very last trophy that close the season and because you want to give it quite fast, you need to give the Smythe really really fast.
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate {
let players = ["Player A", "Player B", "Player C", "Player D", "Player E"] // Replace with actual player names
let places = ["First Place", "Second Place", "Third Place"]
@IBOutlet weak var firstPlacePicker: UIPickerView!
@IBOutlet weak var secondPlacePicker: UIPickerView!
@IBOutlet weak var thirdPlacePicker: UIPickerView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
firstPlacePicker.dataSource = self
firstPlacePicker.delegate = self
secondPlacePicker.dataSource = self
secondPlacePicker.delegate = self
thirdPlacePicker.dataSource = self
thirdPlacePicker.delegate = self
}
@IBAction func submitVotes(_ sender: UIButton) {
let firstPlacePlayer = players[firstPlacePicker.selectedRow(inComponent: 0)]
let secondPlacePlayer = players[secondPlacePicker.selectedRow(inComponent: 0)]
let thirdPlacePlayer = players[thirdPlacePicker.selectedRow(inComponent: 0)]
print("First Place: \(firstPlacePlayer)")
print("Second Place: \(secondPlacePlayer)")
print("Third Place: \(thirdPlacePlayer)")
// Optionally, show an alert or message confirming the submission
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Votes Submitted", message: "Thank you for your votes!", preferredStyle: .alert)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: nil))
present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
return players.count
}
func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String? {
return players[row]
}
}
Yeah, I wasn't talking about Bobrovsky. I said "a goalie" (as in any goalie). A hypothetical example.
So...it does NOT go to show us that goalies are punished for "one or two bad games"...?
Well, highlights focus mostly on goals, and a mistake by a goalie is quite frequently a goal. A mistake by a skater certainly can mean a goal, but it's not nearly as certain. The goalie can often bail that out, but then that's not going to get attention unless it's a Hasek slinky-for-a-spine type of save.
The voting deadline might have had something to do with it too though. It was just a one-goal game when the votes were due.
I wasn't aware of that. I suppose that just further demonstrates how dominant McDavid was.
