Talk:Hart Memorial Trophy

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[edit] Change Format

I was thinking that maybe we should change the format to something similar to the format used for the NBA MVP. It's easier to read, plus it lists the number of times that player has won the Hart Trophy. Feedback appreciated. ~Scorpion0422

  • Mixed support -- the number of times column would be ok to add. I prefer the most-recent at the top format of the current list tho -- MrDolomite 21:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Positions? --- hit save to soon above. If thinking reformat, should positions be added parenthetically ala Conn Smythe Trophy or as separate column? -- MrDolomite 21:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thornton

As we all know, this year the league faced for the first time a scoring champion/MVP-caliber player being traded during the season. This makes how to properly document this sort of thing more difficult. As near as I can tell, the league's press releases that list the winners simply say Thornton was a Shark this year. Should we list him as such as well, and delete the "Boston Bruins/"?

Under no circumstances. Any time a traded player is listed in the scoring leaders, both teams are listed. "BOS-SJ" should do just fine. RGTraynor 21:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
What, then, of the following? http://www.nhl.com/trophies/ross.html or http://www.nhl.com/trophies/hart.html or http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/06/275470.html or http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/06/275398.html
  • Keep both -- list both teams. During his acceptance speech, he acknowledged both teams. And he played 23 games for Boston -- MrDolomite 21:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Oughtn't our preferences give way to the official records kept by the league? Although the above may or may not be official, it certainly is closer to being an official piece of record-keeping than his comments in his acceptance speech or the mere fact that he played those 23 games. I mean, I can construct a contrary argument. For example, we say a certain "team" wins the team awards, even if over the course of a season that team has changed its roster and is no longer the same "team" as it was at some prior point during the same season. Yet that "team" wins the team award.
      • The official records of the league mention both teams; see any copy of the NHL Official Guide & Record Book.
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