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Originally Posted by dying4acup
US media loves the idea of a potential superstar dubbed as JOHNNY HOCKEY. That's going to get him votes over a boring swede and another Canadian. I don't think its necessarily right, but it's going to happen.
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For lack of a better term, Johnny has the best brand name of all the contenders. Heck, he even trademarked Johnny Hockey. He's undersized, relatively humble, American, played in the World Juniors, Frozen Four, won the Hobey Baker, helped turn around a rebuilding Flames team, and he's a damn good player. He has the most name recognition of any of the leading rookies by far.
I agree with you though. I kinda wish it was completely merit based. It would be a much closer decision if it was.