Hart Trophy Finalists

Malkin, AO and Iginla.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=361987

GO OVY!!

Definitely think a goalie/defenseman should have been named instead of Malkin.

Ovieeeeeee

it's a lock - AO wins.

i'm surprised to hear Iginla is on the list. Sure he deserves it. I feel all 3 deserve to be on the list, and of course Marty too.

AO has got this

i'm surprised to hear Iginla is on the list. Sure he deserves it. I feel all 3 deserve to be on the list, and of course Marty too.

AO has got this
Agree. I would have liked to see Marty on the list though. Maybe he finished 4th.

I'm stunned Marty didn't get nominated. Of course the Hart will go to Ovechkin, but Marty is definitely more deserving of a nomination than Iginla and Malkin.

Brodeur is the ONLY reason this team made the playoffs. What the heck does the guy need to do to get some credit?!

Look at the team in front of Marty and tell me he didn't deserve a Hart nomination this!

I actually think it's quite ridiculous.....:shakehead

I'm stunned Marty didn't get nominated. Of course the Hart will go to Ovechkin, but Marty is definitely more deserving of a nomination than Iginla and Malkin.

Brodeur is the ONLY reason this team made the playoffs. What the heck does the guy need to do to get some credit?!

Look at the team in front of Marty and tell me he didn't deserve a Hart nomination this!

I actually think it's quite ridiculous.....:shakehead

Totally agree...

Neither Iginla or Malkin carried their team more than Marty did. We have 38 threads on Stamkos being a devil if Marty isn't in net this season.

Completely ridiculous...

I'm stunned Marty didn't get nominated. Of course the Hart will go to Ovechkin, but Marty is definitely more deserving of a nomination than Iginla and Malkin.

Brodeur is the ONLY reason this team made the playoffs. What the heck does the guy need to do to get some credit?!
Look at the team in front of Marty and tell me he didn't deserve a Hart nomination this!

I actually think it's quite ridiculous.....:shakehead

Oh I don't know, maybe play for an original six team,or a Canadian team, or a big market team, or maybe any team but the NJ Devils :shakehead

This really irritates the hell out of me, when will the Devils get any respect as a franchise :rant:

I would have liked to see Marty get a nomination, but realistically AO won this when the Capitals clinched a playoff spot, and no one else will even be close. Similar to the Vezina race last year - after Marty and Luongo, the other nominees didn't really matter.

Totally agree...

Neither Iginla or Malkin carried their team more than Marty did. We have 38 threads on Stamkos being a devil if Marty isn't in net this season.

Completely ridiculous...

Making carried the Pens when Crosby was out.. He went on an absolute rampage and kept them on top of the Atlantic when it was primed for us to make a run at it

I have no prob with AO or Malkin... Didn't see Iginla play enough to judge him

Iginla is a heart and soul kind of guy. I think he deserves it more than Malkin... Malkin played very well while Crosby went down, but so did CONKLIN! Remember him!!!!!!! Plus, the Penguins did well with Crosby. So it's not like he had to dig them out of a hole. He just had to maintain

****ing bull ****

This is why awards selected by writers (do Al Strachan, Mark Everson, Larry Brooks, Bruce Garrioch etc. get a vote?) should be ignored.

Making carried the Pens when Crosby was out.. He went on an absolute rampage and kept them on top of the Atlantic when it was primed for us to make a run at it

I have no prob with AO or Malkin... Didn't see Iginla play enough to judge him

Malkin was playing out of his mind yes, but I don't put a player who carried his team for 30 games, on the same level as the player who carried his team through the season.

Malkin was playing out of his mind yes, but I don't put a player who carried his team for 30 games, on the same level as the player who carried his team through the season.

Malkin has played that well the entire season.. It was just magnified when Crosby left.. The guy registered at least one point in nearly every game of the season

If we had won the division I could see Marty's name being in the discussion

Malkin has played that well the entire season.. It was just magnified when Crosby left.. The guy registered at least one point in nearly every game of the season

If we had won the division I could see Marty's name being in the discussion

That has absolutely nothing to do with it. The Hart is awarded to the player that is judged to be the most important player to his team. Based on what the Devils accomplished because of Marty he should be one of the three nominees right now.

Btw, Marty's name already was in the discussion. I'm pretty positive that Brodeur finished 4:th in the voting, probably not much behind guys like Malkin and Iginla....but still. Marty deserved one of the top three nominations.

Malkin has played that well the entire season.. It was just magnified when Crosby left.. The guy registered at least one point in nearly every game of the season

If we had won the division I could see Marty's name being in the discussion

True, I think the late season swoon by the whole team really hurt his chances.

He still would have been my second choice, however. Probably finished 4th or 5th in the voting.

That has absolutely nothing to do with it. The Hart is awarded to the player that is judged to be the most important player to his team. Based on what the Devils accomplished because of Marty he should be one of the three nominees right now.

Btw, Marty's name already was in the discussion. I'm pretty positive that Brodeur finished 4:th in the voting, probably not much behind guys like Malkin and Iginla....but still. Marty deserved one of the top three nominations.

If they Devils won the division you know you would likely see Brodeur's name in there instead of Malkin

I meant in the discussion of finalists

Even if Marty had made it, AO is going to win it... He's been absolutely phenomenal

Malkin has played that well the entire season.. It was just magnified when Crosby left.. The guy registered at least one point in nearly every game of the season

If we had won the division I could see Marty's name being in the discussion

Crosby was injured January 19 - March 3 missing 21 games. In those 21 games Malkin had 36pts. Crosby was out again March 10 to March 26. In those 7 games Malkin had 10 points, giving him 46 points in the 28 games that Crosby missed.

Meaning the other 54 games Malkin played he had 60 points...still great, yes, but he did indeed raise his game with Crosby out. I give him a ton of credit for that, but again 30 games doesn't compare to almost an entire season.

As a Pens fan.. I feel Marty should have been on the list. He WAS the Devils this year. The Pens had Crosby for 2/3 of the season, and Malkin/Conklin while he was out.

It's all in vain anyway because AO will win it.. and deservedly so.

As a Pens fan.. I feel Marty should have been on the list. He WAS the Devils this year. The Pens had Crosby for 2/3 of the season, and Malkin/Conklin while he was out.

It's all in vain anyway because AO will win it.. and deservedly so.

Like people have said, this has already been voted on. The candidates usually mean they are the ones with the most votes. So Marty may have been in there, just didn't get enough votes to be in the top 3.

"They're all getting some awards, I want some of those awards."

Marty should strike for Hart.

Making carried the Pens when Crosby was out.. He went on an absolute rampage and kept them on top of the Atlantic when it was primed for us to make a run at it

I have no prob with AO or Malkin... Didn't see Iginla play enough to judge himSergei Gonchar, a defenseman, had as many Points, 65, as Zach Parise did for the Devils, and Parise led the team in PTS by 10.



Here are the top five contributors to the Devils this season, as I see it:
1. Brodeur
2. Madden
3. Martin
4. Parise
5. Elias

I think that there is a significant gap between Brodeur and Madden, and nearly as big a gap between Madden's contribution to the team and Paul Martin's.

The winning the division thing certainly didn't hurt Crosby last season. He a great year, but Malkin also had a very good season (85 PTS as Calder-winning rookie) and Gonchar put up 67 PTS, only two less than Devils' PTS leader Patrik Elias.

The "most valuable to His team" is usually trumped by who ever puts up the most points. And, not coincidently, the top three finishers in the Points standings are the three finalists for the Hart Trophy.

Wow Marty was much more important then Ignila or Malkin. Totally got screwed but whatever the NHL is so biased it's not even funny.

People always talk about how valuable Marty is to this team yet they never nominate him for the MVP award. It's ridiculous.

People always talk about how valuable Marty is to this team yet they never nominate him for the MVP award. It's ridiculous.

Yeah, but this one was AO's in a squash. With these things, there's no way to tell what the percentages are, all you know is the top 3 vote getters. If AO got a ton of the first place votes, one ballot could have made a difference between who got on the podium and who didn't.

Just like the Selke, Zetterberg and Datsyuk could have split the vote and Madden won, or Datsyuk could have won in such a squash, and Zetterberg and Madden picked up enough "points" to beat out the other 10 guys.

People always talk about how valuable Marty is to this team yet they never nominate him for the MVP award. It's ridiculous.Marty Brodeur was a finalist for the Hart Trophy in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2006-07.

Totally got screwed but whatever the NHL is so biased it's not even funny.

I give this hypothesis a :dunce:.

Please show your work next time for an improved grade.

Marty Brodeur was a finalist for the Hart Trophy in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2006-07.

Bias I tells ya, Biassssss!!

Making carried the Pens when Crosby was out.. He went on an absolute rampage and kept them on top of the Atlantic when it was primed for us to make a run at it

I have no prob with AO or Malkin... Didn't see Iginla play enough to judge him
Malkin was MVP for 30 games. AO, Iginla, and Marty played great all season. Malkin is a really great player, but I don't think he should be in the top three.

The point is moot, Ovechkin wins in a landslide. I'll be shocked if anyone else even receives a first place vote.

Malkin was MVP for 30 games. AO, Iginla, and Marty played great all season. Malkin is a really great player, but I don't think he should be in the top three.

The point is moot, Ovechkin wins in a landslide. I'll be shocked if anyone else even receives a first place vote.

Malkin was great all year.. He played even better when he needed to, in those 30 games.

We can also make a case that Marty was MVP for a certain amount of games too b/c he wasn't MVP for 82 games either.. That's just being picky

Again, I'm not saying Marty isn't deserving of a nomination, I'm just saying I have no problem with who was nominated b/c they all were for good reason.

In addition I really have no problem with it b/c AO was winning anyway and I'm not huge on individual awards

Naturally I would like to see Marty be a finalist for the Hart but I think that Malkin, Ovechkin and Iginla are deserving finalists where I am going to go with Ovechkin getting the award.

The consensus is that it doesn't really matter who's nominated because Ovi-8 won it the moment the Capitals clinched a playoff spot. Say what you will, but I can't argue against Iginla or Malkin being nominated. Does Marty deserve the nod? Absolutely. Believe me, without Malkin, the Penguins would've been dead in the water. And Iginla is pretty much the only reason the Flames are still a playoff contending team.

This is AO's year.
I think Malkin may get more votes than people expect.