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Originally Posted by The Coppernian One
Late season points in meaningless games can't be used against Yakupov and not against Huberdeau. Huberdeau was playing in far more meaningless games than Yakupov was. Yakupov had a better plus/minus and scored the same amount of points (with 2 mins less per game) than Huberdeau. It was also said on one broadcast that after 20 games Yakupov was a minus 10. Before his late season streak he was still minus 10 which means the last half of the season he was an even/plus player when the Oilers were losing most of their games.
You can argue that others like Brodin or Muzzin should also have been on the list, even ahead of Yakupov, but at least one of them should be on that list ahead of Huberdeau.
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Huberdeau likely also benefited from the Florida Effect. No one watches their games so any time a player puts up good point totals, everyone assumes they are amazing. It played in Luongo's favour and also Bouwmeester. People were saying Bouwmeester was almost Norris calibre when he was in Florida.
Players playing in big/important markets face a lot more scrutiny.
Brodin probably should have been in the top three over Huberdeau/Yakupov anyway.
I think it's ######ed that the NHL awards are chosen by media. A lot of these guys know very little about hockey. I'm not sure why the vote isn't done by a combination of GMs, coaches, and pro scouts. It would bring way more legitimacy.