Hockey needs a version of Bill Simmons. Neurotic levels of detail/historical consideration, but in a conversational sports-bar format; he really talks it out/breaks it down with knowledgeable guests in his podcast format. It's clearly still just his opinion, but it's so well considered it probably challenges the thinking of a lot of other voters to really justify their votes.
The NBA this year had a tight MVP race, and it was really entertaining and informative to hear Simmons and Russillo work through it on multiple podcasts near the end of the season.
Maybe something like this does exist and I'm just not aware? But if so it's not authoritative enough to undercut some of the BS narratives that pop up.
Marek and Wyshynski probably got the closest to this sort of thing, though I'm not sure they ever went deep in trophy discussions or All-Star Teams (not related to All-Star game)
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1st in EV points, points per MP and +/-
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AKA the Holy Trinity of statistical categories.