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Old 09-22-2020, 11:39 AM   #141
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Originally Posted by Ashasx View Post
Somebody added Adam Fox to the all rookie forward list.

Jonathan Willis and Matt Vensel both left MacKinnon off their Hart ballots.
That was the biggest shocker to me of them all. Willis has been ingrained in the analytics community for 15 or so years, and as long as I can remember calls things as they are, especially as it relates to two-way play, even in the face of criticism from the Oilers and their fanbase.

To see him vote Draisaitl number one on his ballot, based solely on Draisaitl leading the scoring race by his own admission, while leaving MacKinnon off his ballot entirely due to mystery (AKA bull####) analytics is disgraceful. To be honest, I can't believe he isn't getting lambasted by his analytics peers for that.

Very surprising to see such blatant ballot manipulation from someone like him.
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