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A couple days away from the Stanley Cup Finals beginning so i thought i would throw this poll up there now.
In My Opinion, for individual achivements, the Conn Smythe Trophy is the single best award/honor a player can win.
Hart Trophies are nice, but being the MVP of the playoffs is a ton better than being the MVP of the regular season.
Art Ross trophy is great, since you lead the league in scoring in the regular season. Still rather be the Conn Smythe Winner as Playoff MVP, because if you won the Conn Smythe trophy chances are really good that you also won the Stanley Cup.
The Conn Smythe Trophy has been handed out 46 times, ever since 1965 and there was no winner in 04/05 because of the lock-out that season. Out of those 46 times, only 5 players have ever won it as a member of the losing team. So that is basically 90% of all Conn Smythe winners are also Stanley Cup Champs.
The last player to win the Conn Smythe that didn't win the cup was Jean-Sebastian Giguere of Anaheim Mighty Ducks even though New Jersey won the cup. The only non-goaltender to win the award in a losing cause is Philadelphia's Reggie Leach, who won it in 1976 as he had set a league record for most goals in the playoffs (19), which included a five-goal game in the semi-finals and four goals in the Finals series, even though his team was swept by the Canadiens.
The Other Conn Smythe Winners in a losing cause were all goalies. Roger Crozier of Detriot, Glenn Hall Of St. Louis and Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers. Hextall was a workhorse in 87 playoffs but a ton of people thought Gretzky, Glenn Anderson or Grant Fuhr were more deserving. Its also interesting to note that St Louis is the only team around that has won a Conn Smythe Tropky (Glenn Hall), but have never won a STanley Cup.
The first winner of the award was centre Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens in 1965. The first player to win it twice was Bobby Orr in 1972, scoring the Cup-clinching goals en route to his Conn Smythe Trophy wins, and he is the only defencemen to achieve this honor more than once. Goaltender Bernie Parent and centres Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux also won it twice, and Patrick Roy is the only player who has won it three times. Roy is also the only player to win the trophy for more than one team. Ken Dryden remains the only NHL player to ever win the Conn Smythe Trophy before winning the rookie of the year award, due to being called up by the Montreal Canadiens and only playing 6 games before the playoffs, which is not enough to be qualify a rookie season in 1971. Dave Keon's eight playoff points in 1967 is the fewest ever by a non-goalie Conn Smythe winner, as he was a defensive forward, and at the present he is the only Toronto Maple Leafs player to win the trophy donated by his club's parent company.
In My Opinion, for individual achivements, the Conn Smythe Trophy is the single best award/honor a player can win.
Hart Trophies are nice, but being the MVP of the playoffs is a ton better than being the MVP of the regular season.
Art Ross trophy is great, since you lead the league in scoring in the regular season. Still rather be the Conn Smythe Winner as Playoff MVP, because if you won the Conn Smythe trophy chances are really good that you also won the Stanley Cup.
The Conn Smythe Trophy has been handed out 46 times, ever since 1965 and there was no winner in 04/05 because of the lock-out that season. Out of those 46 times, only 5 players have ever won it as a member of the losing team. So that is basically 90% of all Conn Smythe winners are also Stanley Cup Champs.
The last player to win the Conn Smythe that didn't win the cup was Jean-Sebastian Giguere of Anaheim Mighty Ducks even though New Jersey won the cup. The only non-goaltender to win the award in a losing cause is Philadelphia's Reggie Leach, who won it in 1976 as he had set a league record for most goals in the playoffs (19), which included a five-goal game in the semi-finals and four goals in the Finals series, even though his team was swept by the Canadiens.
The Other Conn Smythe Winners in a losing cause were all goalies. Roger Crozier of Detriot, Glenn Hall Of St. Louis and Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers. Hextall was a workhorse in 87 playoffs but a ton of people thought Gretzky, Glenn Anderson or Grant Fuhr were more deserving. Its also interesting to note that St Louis is the only team around that has won a Conn Smythe Tropky (Glenn Hall), but have never won a STanley Cup.
The first winner of the award was centre Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens in 1965. The first player to win it twice was Bobby Orr in 1972, scoring the Cup-clinching goals en route to his Conn Smythe Trophy wins, and he is the only defencemen to achieve this honor more than once. Goaltender Bernie Parent and centres Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux also won it twice, and Patrick Roy is the only player who has won it three times. Roy is also the only player to win the trophy for more than one team. Ken Dryden remains the only NHL player to ever win the Conn Smythe Trophy before winning the rookie of the year award, due to being called up by the Montreal Canadiens and only playing 6 games before the playoffs, which is not enough to be qualify a rookie season in 1971. Dave Keon's eight playoff points in 1967 is the fewest ever by a non-goalie Conn Smythe winner, as he was a defensive forward, and at the present he is the only Toronto Maple Leafs player to win the trophy donated by his club's parent company.
