Henrik Sedin

MVP…
IT HAS A NICE RING TO IT…ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A CANUCK FAN…
LASTNIGHT HENRIK SEDIN PICKED UP 3 MORE POINTS TO GIVE HIM 104 FOR THE SEASON…
HENRIK NOW LEADS THE NHL SCORING RACE BY 3 POINTS OVER ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…
WITH JUST 6 GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON HENRIK SEDIN WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE ART ROSS…
BUT THE HART TROPHY???
THAT’S A DIFFERENT STORY…
THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE PLAYER WHO IS…QUOTE…
“JUDGED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE TO HIS TEAM”…
AND THAT GETS US TO “THE JOKER” IN THE DECK…
THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE JUDGING ARE THE PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF THE NHL…
THE PROBLEM IS…MOST OF THOSE WRITERS LIVE ON THE EAST COAST AND RARELY SEE HENRIK SEDIN…
IN FACT…IN THE LAST 15 YEARS…THE AWARD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A PLAYER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE 11 TIMES…
AND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS…ONLY 2 PLAYERS ON THE WEST COAST HAVE WON IT…
JOE THORNTON AND WAYNE GRETZKY…
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW DEEP THE “BIAS” GOES…
KEN CAMPBELL FROM THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS GIVEN HIS LIST OF REASONS WHY HENRIK SEDIN DOES NOT DESERVE TO WIN THE HART TROPHY…
ON THE TOP OF THE LIST…“TOO MANY ASSISTS”…
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS…75 ASSISTS ARE NOW A BAD THING…
THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND…
LET’S SAY TORONTO GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE HAD SIGNED THE SEDINS LAST SUMMER…
AND LET’S SAY…THE HENRIK SEDIN PUT UP THE SAME NUMBERS IN THAT CITY…AND WAS ABOUT TO WIN THE ART ROSS TROPHY…
AND LET’S SAY…THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS WERE ABOUT TO WIN THEIR DIVISION…
IS THERE ANY QUESTION HENRIK SEDIN WOULD BECOME THE FIRST LEAF TO WIN THE HART TROPHY IN 55 YEARS???
THE TRUTH IS…THEY’D BE NAMING HIGH SCHOOLS AFTER HIM…
WHAT IS TRULY AMAZING ABOUT WHAT HENRIK HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS SEASON IS THE FACT HIS BROTHER DANIEL HAS MISSED 18 GAMES…
IN A PERFECT WORLD…HENRIK SEDIN WINS THE HART TROPHY…
BUT AS WE ARE CONTINUALLY REMINDED…THE NHL IS FAR FROM PERFECT…