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by Alanah McGinley on 06/11/08 at 01:13 PM ET
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Alan Ryder at the Globe & Mail:

The Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player judged to be “the most valuable to his team”. Although a literal read of this clearly means that a goaltender ought to win this prize each year, the award has typically (nearly 90% of the time) been presented to the NHL’s most impactful skater, as judged by the voters. And the Hart has usually gone to a forward (about 80% of the time). This year’s ‘nominees’ (the top three vote getters) were forwards Jarome Iginla, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin.

The Lester B. Pearson Award is awarded to the player judged, by his peers, to be “the most outstanding player”. In the voting for the NHLPA’s award the players have shown an even greater bias towards forwards than do the hockey writers who choose the Hart winner.

continued with Ryder’s picks and analysis of all the contenders

Update 3:20pm ET: Allan Muir at Sports Illustrated also Handicaps the NHL Hardware today.

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