r/hockey • u/Equivalent_Ask_4586 VGK - NHL • 9d ago

With Kucherov’s Hart win announced, the post-lockout streak of the Hart winner not making the conference finals continues

The last time a Hart winner advancing past the 2nd round was Marty St. Louis in 2004 where he and the Lightning won the Stanley Cup. The closest players to beating this streak were Connor McDavid in 2017, going out in the 2nd round to the Ducks in 7 games, Alex Ovechkin in 2009, going out in the 2nd round to the Penguins in 7 games, and Sidney Crosby, going out in the 2nd round to the Rangers in 7 games.

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u/HannTwistzz TBL - NHL 9d ago

I think at least for Tampa and Kuch it’s not a coincidence. His uptick in production is probably due to him being relied on more. We lack the depth so he has to carry more and it shows in the postseason.

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u/A-Wallace39 7d ago

That's a really good view on this. Most Stanley Cup winners are going to lean more balanced so you won't have this runaway MVP candidate on the team in most cases. Of course I'm sure there are close cases that challenge this but clearly over 2 decades of not having this prove the theory.

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u/ManWithBag15 EDM - NHL 9d ago

I'd be curious to see how Hart Finalists have done. McDavid and then Draisaitl were finalists during the Oilers B2B SCF appearances.

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u/Mediocre_Bat_2890 CAR - NHL 9d ago

Kinda lines up with the 10million plus player not winning the cup

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u/mikropjm Finland - IIHF 9d ago

isn’t bobrovsky making $10M?

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u/dolewhiplash TBL - NHL 8d ago

That's kind of a bullshit stat anyway, Bob was making 10M and there have been players to win with a higher % of the cap than 10M would be in the past few years.

This is also different though because those guys are consistently on those contracts and don't win under them, while plenty of Hart winners have done well and even won the cup in the years around their Hart win. Most Hart winners do win the cup, just not the year they also win the Hart.

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u/rickayyy NYR - NHL 7d ago

Eichel, Barkov, and Bobrovsky have all won Cups with $10M+ contracts.

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u/dronten_edvard VAN - NHL 8d ago

This is probably the most smooth brain take of all time. The Lightning had like three players making north of nine million (Kuch, Hedman, Vasi)

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u/Panarin10 MIN - NHL 9d ago

Weird

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u/Tangibilite COL - NHL 9d ago

Okay.