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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
It would be a travesty if he didn't win but it would hardly be the first time this franchise has been jobbed out of a major award because of geographic location. I put his odds at 50/50. Muta said it best: No player above $5.25m cap hit, second lowest payroll, written off by everyone as a bottom 3 team, finished 27th year prior, tons of rookies playing key and minor roles. Not really sure what else he'd have to do to make more of a case? If this was an eastern team and not the flames, he'd probably be a unanimous winner.
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If you are referring to Iginla, I don't think that was east v. west. It was more POs v. non-POs with the Montreal writer being the cherry on top.
What other awards did Calgary miss on because of eastern bias? For a while a Flame won the Calder every other year it seemed. Roberts and Lanny won Mastertons. Mullen won the Byng twice. Kipper won a Vezina.