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Originally Posted by midniteowl
Montreal media snubbed Iggy on the Hart trophy vote
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
What would skew the numbers is if, say, a Florida writer puts Ekblad first and drops Gaudreau and Forsberg down to ninth and tenth on his ballot. That is what the Montreal voter did to screw Iginla out of the Hart.
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This always gets mentioned, but its not an accurate picture.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sport...rds-totals.htm
Iginla was on 61 ballots, while Theodore was only on 58... so Theodore was left off of more ballots than Jarome was.
They were tied in points but Jarome also only received 23 1st place votes, while Theodore received 26.
Theodore also carried his team to the playoffs while the Flames didn't qualify, which will always be a factor for the voters (rightly or wrongly).
Regardless, Iggy won the Lester B. Pearson / Ted Lindsay Award. The MVP as voted by the players themselves. That seems way more legitimate than the media's voting.