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Originally Posted by CSharp
The NHL has a way of robbing the Flames no matter how good the player is. Seen it too many times. It was everyone's dream to see Gaudreau win that Calder Trophie, same with Iggy's Hart Nomination that was lost to Theodore. I don't even think St Louis would've won anything besides the Lady Bing award if he was still a Flames. The awards are a joke and voted by panels who watch mostly eastern teams.
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Especially when Ekblad might not have even had the best rookie season for a defenceman. See: Klingberg.
It's dumb when d-men enter the equation because generally the role of a d-man is much more highly valued than a winger, so how can the winger win other than putting up 100 points and leading the league in +/-...the league was crushing on Ekblad from day one, no one else stood a chance.