Price's season was not much better than Mike Smith's season in 2011-2012, yet no one mentioned Smith winning the Hart that year. Put me in the group that are against putting goalies in the MVP conversation. Goaltending is such an important position that basically all of the best goalies should realistically be the most valuable to their teams.
That being said, it's pretty clear that Price carried Montreal this year, and they finished with a ton of points.
It often seems like assists are overvalued and goals are undervalued. Goals are what win games, and no one does it better than Ovy.
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