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That's why I tend to value the Hart over the Lindsay/Pearson. The Hart is voted on after the season is over, the Lindsay/Pearson wasn't for many years - not sure if that's still the case though.
It's not that Naslund was bad down the stretch in 2003. From March 22nd onwards, he had 10 points in seven games. But Forsberg was unstoppable - he had 18 points in the final nine games. On the very last day of the season (after the Pearson voting was already done), Forsberg took the Art Ross from Naslund. He also propelled his linemate Milan Hejduk to take the Rocket Richard trophy from Naslund, and the Avalanche took the division title from Naslund's Canucks. Forsberg was obviously the better two-way player as well. We don't know with certainty, but it's inconceivable to me that the players would have picked Naslund over Forsberg if they did the vote at the end of the season.
This is exactly it.