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Is Wayne Gretzky the Greatest Hockey Play of All Time?

Gretzky is The Great One. But some of us think Bobby Orr was better.

So maybe he’s the greatest forward ever. But then there’s Gordie Howe.

So maybe he’s the greatest centre ever. But then some people think Lemieux is.

For this episode, we spend it talking entirely about how incredible Gretzky was.

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Hart Trophy Part 9: The Best Players by MVP and Best Player Award

In our final episode of our series on the NHL’s Hart Trophy, we compare our list of the players to win the MVP (and our own best player award) to the actual list of Hart Trophy winners.

Then we enjoy rehashing the worst Hart Trophy awards of the last 100 years.

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Reevaluating the Hart Part 8: The Present Day

In Part 8 of our Hart Trophy series we examine the Hart Trophies awarded since the 2013 lockout and we guess about who should win in 2020.

Reevaluating the Hart Part 7: Lockout to Lockout

In Part 7 of our Hart Trophy series we examine the Hart Trophies awarded between the cancelled season and the 2012-13 lockout.

Reevaluating the Hart Part 6: The Dead Puck Era

In Part 6 of our Hart Trophy series, we examine the Hart Trophies awarded between the strikes of 1995 and 2004, much of which is colloquially known as “The Dead Puck Era” due to the low scoring of the late ’90s and early ’00s

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Reevaluating the Hart Part 5: Merger to First Lockout

In Part 5 of our series on Hart Trophy winners, we focus on the years between the merger of the WHA and NHL in 1979 to the first lockout in 1994.

Reevaluating the Hart Part 4: Expansion to Merger

In Part 4 of our series on Hart Trophy winners, we focus on the years between the expansion of the NHL to 12 teams in 1967-68 and the merger with the WHA in 1979.

Reevaluating the Hart Part 3: Original Six Hart Trophies

In Part 3 of our series, we tackle the NHL’s most famous era, the Original Six, and the MVP trophies awarded therein. There are a few here that are absolutely outrageous.

Reevaluating the Hart Part 2: Early Hart Trophies 1924-1942

In part two of our series, we tackle the Hart trophies awarded between the award’s inception and the contraction of the league during World War II:

Before the Hart: Who Should Have Been MVP?

If the Hart had existed throughout the entirety of the NHL, these guys should have won in the years it didn’t actually exist:

Newsy Lalonde: 2 Harts
Joe Malone, Punch Broadbent, Georges Boucher: 1 Hart each
1 year where we have no fucking clue who deserved it

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