Giroux bypassed in MVP voting
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Giroux bypassed in MVP voting
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Another day, another Flyer bypassed in the voting for an NHL award.
Center Claude Giroux was the latest Flyer to be overlooked. He was not one of the three finalists for the Hart Trophy, given to the league’s MVP.
After pretending he didn’t know what the Hart Trophy represented, Giroux said. “At the end of the day that's not the trophy I want.”
The finalists: Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos and the Rangers Henrik Lundqvist.
The voting was conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
In other earlier votes that narrowed it down to three finalists, Matt Read (Calder), Jaromir Jagr (Masterton) and Paul Holmgren (GM of Year) were bypassed.
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The Flyers, to a man, expect a much lower-scoring series against New Jersey than the one with Pittsburgh. The series starts Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center at 3 p.m.
“Against a team like the Devils, you have to be very patient,” Danny Briere said after Friday’s practice in Voorhees. “They’re a team that likes to slow the game down. They don’t take many chances; they play very tight defensively. And they like to frustrate teams, so for us, one of the keys is not getting frustrated, waiting patiently for our chances to come.”
The Devils, who won a grueling 3-2 double-overtime decision in Florida on Thursday, were given Friday off.
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Its a Canadian thing! They are anti-Education???— quigly46- snubbed?!?! give me a break— Old German
- Old German,
Robbed sounds better, right?!?!
— Jiggs700 - Lundqvist is hard to argue against. That NY Ranger team is downright mediocre without him. Hopefully Giroux gets the Conn Smythe and the Flyers get the Cup.— PhillyfaninChicago
- Gotta love "G's" mentality. "...that's not the trophy I want." The individual honors will come (for him). He wants the Cup...as we do. That's what matters. And if all goes well, the league will have no choice but to present it to the Flyers, whether they like it or not! That's what I want to see.— doug1834
- -Somewhere far far away in a parallel "Bizzaro Universe"
"If the NHL knew what was good for em', I'd be the Hart Trophy winner. Not only can I bring honor back to the NHL but a new precedence will be set. While you're at it, polish the Conn Smythe for me and start engraving my name on the Cup."
Gotta love "G's" mentality.— Jiggs700 - Can't wait to see Bettman present the Flyers with the Cup. And he had damned sure better be smiling when he does it, too!! Let's go Flyers!— doug1834
- Every perceived or real insult as each awards finalist are listed is ok with me. Let that chip on the Flyers shoulder grow into a fuggin mountain. Sports Assoc. don't like Philly period, neither do most of the outside media. Keep it that way it's healthy to carry a bit of anger in your game. Winning it all will just be sweeter (KNOCK KNOCK)— glove69
- The truth is people just don't like Philly teams, especially the Flyers.— ChrisM
- it will all be ok if he gets the con smythe in june
- Remember when Hartnell was snubbed for the All Star Game. He went on to have the best week of his career. Let's see if Giroux can match that.— WestCoastFlyerFan
- Good - let Stamkos have the MVP...
But let Giroux hoist the CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!— bigdaddyG - This will be just another incentive for G to smoke Henrik when we meet the Rangers. Also confirms my belief that the Flyboys are blackballed for beating up on Poster Boy and whiners. The writers, announcers, and the league showing their true colors. Give them something to write about boys!!— dogman5
- The NHL individual honors have been a joke for decades. They created teh Jennings for the lowest GAA so they had the Vezina for "BEST" goalie, yet still have goalies in MVP. They have the Art Ross for most points, yet constantly stack the MVP finals with high scorers, not necessarily Most IMPORTANT. They have the Selke for defensive forward, but nothing for defensive DEFENSEMAN and always give the NORRIS to a scorer.
The voters say G is not MVP? FINE. They also say Homer is not TOP GM? FINE. We have 100+ pt season losing our captain and top defenseman for the entire year- that MUST mean Coach of the year, right? Probably-NOPE.
ALL FINE WITH ME. They don't have a PARADES for ANY of those trophies. I'll see all you guys on Broad Street in June!!!
LET'S GO FLYERS!— GNIKGNARLY - I don't see what's so hard about doing what the rest of the award-voting world does: hold an open vote without any sort of "primary" that reduces the field to three candidates. Then again, I have a hard time caring too much about NHL awards.— sklandog
