Will a player from Finland ever win a major personal award?

[McRegular]

Guys think about it, 0 players from Finland has ever won an Art Ross, Conn Smythe or Hart. What’s up with that?

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[JoVel]

Is the Rocket not a major trophy?

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Selänne won the Calder, Rinne, Rask and Kiprusoff won Vezinas, Jere Lehtinen won 3 Selkes, Saku Koivu won Bill Masterton and King Clancy trophies. I might be forgetting something. But yeah, I see your point. The Finns are almost always products of other players or part of working a line, not so much the drivers per se who are the ones who win those awards you mentioned.

edit. Damn, forgot about the Barkov Selke.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

Barkov has won Selke, most likely wins another one this year

 

[heksagon]

Dunno, this feels like a bait thread to me.

 

[McRegular]

Those are some bum trophies not same level as Art Ross, Conn Smythe or Hart

 

[McRegular]

Barkov has won Selke, most likely wins another one this year

Reputation award and a joke. Yeah he should win when his top competition is 30 point -14 grandpa Staal.

 

[serp]

Lehtinen won the Selke 3 times by the way . Last Winger to win it too. Since Jere only Centers won the Selke.

 

[Bunch of AHOs]

Barkov could win Conn Smythe, maybe even this year. He's not the frontrunner now, but its not impossible either. Depends on how games go from here.

 

[serp]

Rinne , Rask and Kipper each won a Vezina . That should count for something too.

 

[illone84]

A bunch of paper tigers

 

[ijuka]

My first thought: Is the Vezina not a major personal award?

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Barkov has won Selke, most likely wins another one this year

excellent avatar.

 

[RefalancheStillLose]

Jere Lehtinen has won multiple Selke trophies

 

[Shark Finn]

Those are some bum trophies not same level as Art Ross, Conn Smythe or Hart

All trophies are bum trophies except the Stanley Cup.

 

[CTHabsfan]

Guys think about it, 0 players from Finland has ever won an Art Ross, Conn Smythe or Hart. What’s up with that?

Clearly there's an anti-Finn bias!!!!! Teammates refuse to pass the puck to Finnish players so they will not be able to accumulate enough points to win the Art Ross!!!!!

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Simo Hayha won the Vapaudenristin Ritarikunta award for taking the most shots during the 1939-1940 season

 

[HSF]

troll thread guys

look at his short posting history shitting on Finnish players

lock it up mods

 

[NyQuil]

troll thread guys

look at his short posting history shitting on Finnish players

lock it up mods

Yes, it’s pretty one dimensional and stupid.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Is it me or do Finnish players disproportionately not win Stanley Cups compared to top players of other nationalities?

 

[BusQuets]

Heiskanen and Rask has been one win away from very likely Conn Smythe.

 

[NyQuil]

It’s probably this guy using a different account:

https://forums.hfboards.com/members/janvonpobben.334409/

 

[Kahvi]

Is it me or do Finnish players disproportionately not win Stanley Cups compared to top players of other nationalities?

This is interesting point, but I dont have any data one way or another. If that is true, it might be because (I guess) Finns lack the top talent, and rather have more bottom 6 grinders and bottom pairing D.

That of course is also one reason why the NT seems to perform better than expected.

 

[SoupNazi]