Who wins the Conn Smythe Trophy?

[jetsforever]

There is almost no way that McDavid isn't winning the Conn Smythe if the Oilers win the SC and Skinner really isn't in contention IMO.

I forgot that's the goalie's name and I thought everyone was jokingly talking about Jeff Skinner
But yeah there's almost zero chance Stuart Skinner could win it (maybe if he has multiple shutouts and McDrai have zero points in the SCF)

 

[centipede2233]

it’ll be McDavid or drasaitl, whoever has the better final

 

[Hall of Faber]

If McDavid wins again while losing the round. I believe that cements him as the best player ever. That would be crazy to do it back to back.

 

[Hockey Dad]

I’m sure they already have Mcdavid name on it like last year

 

[Fatass]

Stuart Skinner.
Imo the Oilers will not be able to overcome their defensive lapses (which they tend to do) by outscoring them against Florida. Skinner will need to be their key guy on those occasions.

 

[LTIR]

Bobrovski if FLA wins the cup again.

He would have to be lights out against edm

 

[PistolPete]

If McDavid wins again while losing the round. I believe that cements him as the best player ever. That would be crazy to do it back to back.

No. Just no.

I got Gretzky and Lemiex ahead of McDavid by a country mile. They dominated to a degree McDavid hasn't come close to.

And awards are grossly overrated as a metric of a players' greatness since they are mere biases and prejudices of human cognition and all it's flaws

 

[PistolPete]

Stuart Skinner.
Imo the Oilers will not be able to overcome their defensive lapses (which they tend to do) by outscoring them against Florida. Skinner will need to be their key guy on those occasions.

He had to be replaced for the LA series and part of the Vegas series.

Doesn't scream MVP to me.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

what is safe to say is, i believe, is that it is someone from the team
who wins, McDavid would need 16points to equal last year.

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

I’m sure they already have Mcdavid name on it like last year

Does the NHL piss him off by doing it back to back?

 

[PistolPete]

what is safe to say is, i believe, is that it is someone from the team
who wins, McDavid would need 16points to equal last year.

16 points in 4 games coming up!

 

[Bruce Granville]

It already should have been Skinner last year.
He decided to stop sucking against Dallas last year just like he did this year.
Without him the Oilers don‘t make the finals at all.

This year it will be Bob or Skinner.

 

[D1az]

Does the NHL piss him off by doing it back to back?

Personally I think that he should get it if he's the best, even if they lose again.

I'm not at all a fan of the idea of that the second or third best gets an award because they were "due" for it, or it looks overall better that way.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Only Bernie Parent Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby have won it B2B , would be cool to see McDavid go off and get it again

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

Personally I think that he should get it if he's the best, even if they lose again.

I'm not at all a fan of the idea of that the second or third best gets an award because they were "due" for it, or it looks overall better that way.

I agree

 

[PistolPete]

It already should have been Skinner last year.
He decided to stop sucking against Dallas last year just like he did this year.
Without him the Oilers don‘t make the finals at all.

This year it will be Bob or Skinner.

How does a goalie who gets pulled after two games and misses the start of the second round get an MVP nod?

It's not as if the Oilers are pulling out 2-1 wins throughout the PO. He's getting ample scoring support and his losses have involved enough goal support to be easily wins for an average performance but he shit the bed in all three of them

 

[avocadosmoothie]

really hard to see anyone other than Bob from Florida doing enough to win it if McDavid doesn't

 

[bicboi64]

McDavid or Drai for Edmonton, unless Skinner has a couple of shutouts and ends up with a >.930 save percentage.

Barkov is the frontrunner for Florida imo, but I can see Bobrovsky winning it if he ends up finishing the playoffs with the best save percentage. Sleeper pick is Bennett if he ends up running away with the goal scoring lead in the playoffs.

 

[TheBeard]

Evander Kane

 

[Hull2Roenick2Kane]

Earlier after game 2 in Kings vs Oilers I jokingly said Skinner is winning the Conn Smythe. Why change my pick now?

 

[zar]

Unless McDavid gets injured, he will not be denied.

 

[Ignatius]

really hard to see anyone other than Bob from Florida doing enough to win it if McDavid doesn't

Unpopular opinion but I think Seth Jones has had a pretty massive impact in these playoffs for Florida. I would consider him to be a total dark horse for the Smythe but he is logging the most minutes of any Panthers skater. Despite some occasional brain farts he is very noticeable when he's on the ice.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

right now: Drai

 

[Zanon]

Unless McDavid gets injured, he will not be denied.

But would he come out and accept it this time or only if he wins?

 

[centipede2233]

One of McDavid or drasaitl, but im leaning drasaitl, he has 3 ot game winners this playoffs