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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More fuel for G's fire. I'll trade a Hart Trophy for a Stanley Cup. And we can rename the city Girouxsalem in his honor. Can't wait to get this thing started up again...— Doctor D- I'll call it like I see it, but this wasn't a snub at all. Giroux simply did not have the numbers these 3 guys put up in the regular season. As much as I hate to admit it my guess is Malkin at this point - in the absence of Crosby, he carried the Pens on his back all season long.— CTL
- I love G and think he's the most complete forward in the league, but it's hard to argue with guys who score 50 & 60 goals in a season. Lundqvist should probably win, as the Rangers would go nowhere without him, but I would put my money on Malkin. I think Read/Couturier and Holmgren both got snubbed way worse than G did.— MJFur51
Comment removed.- agreed with blacknight - take those three off their teams and the shite would hit the fan (ok - Tamps still sucked WITH Stamkos but the guy led the league in goals scored!).
Take Giroux off the Flyers and they still make the playoffs and survive without him - they have enough depth. Maybe not win a SC but keep their heads above water during the regular season.— michael2_19030 - I don't agree Holgrem got snubbed - he took some risks and gambled and they paid off but lets face it the Flyers and Rangers are the cream of the crop when it comes to the amount of money the GM's have to play with. The three that are finalists come from teams with restrictions on how much money they can spend on their payroll and they were still successful. The Billy Beanes of the NHL so to speak...— michael2_19030
- Conn Smythe and Cup for Giroux... Bettman will hate congratulating the Flyers and not the Pens.— fman727
- 1. Lundqvist is a finalist for the Vezina, should not be a finalist for the Hart as well.
2. Let's see, Read snubbed for Calder; Holmgren snubbed for GM of the Year; Timonen snubbed for Norris, again; Lavy snubbed for Coach of the Year.
More fuel to bring home the only piece of hardware that really matters!— AnukKrakatoa - michael_19030 ~ There is a salary cap, all the teams have restrictions on what they can spend. And don't tell New York can't spend money...they just signed Brad Richards in the off season...he ain't playing in New York for the Theatre District.... also Tampa Bay missed the playoff, how were they still successful??— flyers2009
- Ya it funny but don't see stamkos or malkin in the playoffs so if one of them wins it it means nothing unless you got a Stanley cup to go with it.G is waiting for mvp of playoffs to go with the Flyers Stanley cup.
— Gullysflyers - Blacknight My thought exactly! Giroux looking for bigger fish (cups)!!!— jjmac777
- Keep watching Lundquist....He's the best there is.— jcpaul
- What is with all of the whining...the eague is against us we get no awards..the refs are against us we get no calls....its because of the Broad Street bullies ( who played almost 40 yrs ago and most league officials who saw them are dead). Give it a rest folks...should BRYZ be in the top 3 for Vezina also?????— flyers1000
- Nothing surprising here. The Flyers always get snubbed. Lavy and now G. Nothing new.— mbrown3
- If the Flyers can go all the way and win the cup, I can see Bettman snubbing them and declaring the West team the winner anyway.— C-Note
