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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I think Price also has it in the bag, but I disagree with that and I think Ovi deserves it more. Again, 53 goals in a year when all scoring is down, and he's 20% ahead of his rival in goals. Pretty darn amazing.
As far as most valuable to his team, obviously the goalie is more valuable. The wing and goalie position is so different, it's awkward comparing the two. Dubnyk, Lundqvist, Rinne, Crawford, heck even Hiller are more valuable to his team. Without a great goalie, teams are simply not competitive. By that logic, I'd give the Hart every damn year to a goalie. But that's why having the Vezina makes sense. Award it to the best goalie, and the Hart to the best skater.
I hope that the writers take into account the fact that 53 goals is too big of an accomplishment to be overlooked in Hart voting, especially when perennial superstar Sid only had 84 points and he was fully healthy.
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Price was 1st in wins, goals against average, and save percentage. He won the triple crown for NHL goalies this season.
Not sure you can dismiss all that because another player scored a lot of goals.