Re:Hart trophy
No way. Crosby is great. He\'s damn great, but Pittsburgh would\'ve had as good (if not better) of a chance at getting to the playoffs without him, as Vancouver had making it to the playoffs without Luongo.
Pitt still had 2 centers that were picked in the top five of their respective drafts (not including crosby), one of the best scoring defenses in the league, and a goalie that would\'ve done just as well whether crosby was there or not (last I checked crosby isn\'t known for his defensive impact).
Vancouver had the sedins, and an aging marcus naslund that has digressed over the last three years... No big name defenders, and no decent goalies in their system to back up and average goalie. Lets take a look at another team that was in a similar spot as vancouver this season...
Los Angeles. Decent defenders, average goalies, and 3 or 4 guys that put up 60+ points. They were last in the West. LAST. What makes you think that without Luongo this Vancouver team would have ANY chance at making the playoffs? That is just crazy. They also had a new coach, and a new system to learn.
Pittsburgh has a great coach that led half of the youngsters to the AHL championship a couple years back...
Crosby is the catalyst, but without him, Malkin would be the catalyst... Pitt has way more depth at center than vancouver had or possibly could\'ve had at goalie...
Luongo is without a doubt more important to the canucks than crosby was to the penguins. If crosby was such a force for the penguins, tell me how they got knocked out of the playoffs, while the canucks are still in it with a total of 20 goals for in 11 playoff games?
12 Team Dynasty League w/ Salary Cap (Updated: 3/23/2011)
(CBS Sports Commissioner's League)
Maximum Salary Cap: 70.5 million
Roster Limit(s):
Total: 23 + 2 available IR slot
Active: C, C, C, W, W, W, W, D, D, D, D, G, G
23 + 1 Man Roster (69.62 million) - 17 Keepers
- Crosby (IR), Carter, Tavares, Duchene, Anisimov, Desharnais
- Ovechkin, Giroux, Downie, Hall (LTIR), Tanguay, Samuelsson, Whitney, Justin Williams, Zuccarello
- Green, Phaneuf, Doughty, Letang, Carlson, Karlsson
- Price, Halak, Neuvirth, Varlamov
Scoring Setup: W, L, GA, Saves, SO
G, A, PIM, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, SOG, GWG, HT, FOW