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Voter Confusion
by Paul on 06/15/07 at 01:20 PM ET
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from the BTM at NBC Sports,
Consider this: the voters had Luongo second in MVP voting behind Crosby, so it would stand to reason that they thought Luongo was the best goaltender, since he finished ahead of Martin Brodeur in the voting for the Hart trophy.
But wait a minute. Brodeur finished ahead of Luongo in the voting for the first all-star team, which means that some of the same voters who put Luongo ahead of Brodeur on their MVP ballots reversed the order when they voted for the first all-star team.
That makes perfect sense—if you’re the kind of person who washes their lunch down with a gallon of Jim Beam.
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It still makes sense it just means that of the people who voted for Crosby, more of them voted for Broduer
Posted by farside41 on 06/15/07 at 02:09 PM ET
It’s not like this is anything new, nor is it the most blatant example. In 2002, Theodore won both the Hart and the Vezina, yet Roy was the first team all star.
If TBM yearns for consistency, perhaps he can take solace in the knowledge that he will *always* suck.
Posted by shep from california on 06/15/07 at 02:31 PM ET
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The logic makes sense if the Hart were for best player and not the player most valuable to his team. Just because Luongo is more important to Vancouver than Brodeur is to New Jersey that doesn’t make him necessarily the better goaltender. You can debate the merits of who had a better season Luongo or Brodeur, but the Hart vs Vezina comparison is not logically consistent. Maybe a gallon of Jim Beam makes you forget the voting criteria.
Posted by hockey1919 from montreal on 06/15/07 at 01:40 PM ET