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Originally Posted by Igottago
I think it shows more leadership to go process the loss with your teammates than to go get your individual achievement award while the opponent is just about ready to take the prize you really want. The league puts a player from the losing team in a tough spot to come out and accept that trophy at that moment. Any player in a leadership position is not going to care one bit about claiming the Conn Smythe just moments after losing the cup. I don't really blame him.
I also think if he did it, people would start criticizing him by saying he's all about the individual accolades.
It wasn't a big deal in my books, I get why he didn't.
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Yeah, that's a really good point. Hadn't thought of it like that. Compromise being the guy comes out quickly, gives acknowledgement to the oiler fans who spent a fortune coming down, and leaves?
Fair enough to cut the guy a break. Giving the MVP to the losing team is just a bad idea in general, especially in the opponent's barn. He was a no-show the last two games, but the fact is he put the oilers on his back through most of the season and playoffs.
I have some oilers fan friends on social media and some rich edmontonian they knew was chartering a 260,000$ flight to FLA... was looking for about 74 people to join. You do the math how much the clowns paid to be at the game. Not counting tickets and hotel. Maybe their 'saviour' shows them some apprecation for 30 seconds?