NHL News: Henrik Lundqvist For Hart Memorial?

Yes, he should win the Hart at this rate and I am a goalie so I may be a bit biased

why not? if anyone is most valuable it’s the King though Malkin is making a very strong case right now. But Hank won’t get it. They’ll come up with an excuse of why he shouldn’t get it. Just like when Shanny said it wasn’t Moore that hit Feds, it was Feds’ stick that hit Feds. You can’t make this stuff up folks.

Hank should of been up for a Hart in previous years, when he basically carried the team on this back into the play offs. This year he has been phenomenal, but we actually have a team this year, not just Lundqvist. Malkin with the help of Neal has kept Pitt from being a bubble team to fighting for home advantage come post season. I personally think Malkin runs away with the Hart, especially of Crosby doesn’t return.

He’s a player, just like the rest of them, and shouldn’t be disqualified because of the position he plays. Its an absurd suggestion to suggest otherwise…why should he operate under different rules? They should be disqualified because they have a huge effect on the game? That doesn’t really seem fair (or even make sense) to me.

True number 1 goaltenders play almost everyday, and they usually play 60 minutes – a complete game. Goalies do not get pulled in the third period when the team is winning and he looks tired. Goalies have the most direct impact on a team’s win rate. Pitchers are only responsible, assuming a 5 day rotation, a ~1/6 of the team’s games(assuming a game everyday and no travel days); whereas Hank has already started in ~75% of NYR games and is responsible for 73% of the team’s wins this season . Hank has started ~80% of the Rangers’ games played in his career.

So the traditional reasons why pitchers don’t win mvp don’t exist in a hockey context generally and especially not in the case of Hank who is showing Hall of Fame potential.

(justin verlander, AL MVP, started only ~20% of the tigers games and was credited with only 25% of their win total.)

In the final analysis, a pitcher who started much more than a majority of a team’s games AND threw a complete game every time out AND was responsible for the vast majority of his team’s wins would should get the MVP without question – and so should Hank.

I like Wysh, but that Ryan Lambert dude needs to get hit by a train. I usually just skip his articles and go right to the comments, where dozens of people tell him that.