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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Theodore isn't on the list. And Iggy wasn't robbed by "the French" for the Hart. He was robbed by one Montreal writer making a home-town biased vote and leaving Iggy off of all top 5 positions in the voting. A lot of voters that year didn't like that the Flames didn't make the POs and excused themselves by saying "how can he be MVP if he can't get is team into the POs". Race had nothing to do with it IMO - as shown by the Pearson.
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The Pearson Award is votings by the peers that played with and against him on the ice. That's at least fair since most knew what kind of player Iggy was on the ice. The guy can carry the team on his shoulder for so much and for so long, but making the playoffs to determine your worth is such BS. It's not like the Habs needed Theordore to make the playoffs. And you're right, it was just that little excuse to get that final vote from a French speaking Montrealer to tip that scale. We all knew he'd get robbed and that's what had happened.