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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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Does Cy Denneny Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

If consistency is what matters, Denneny was one of the best, if not the best, wingers of the NHL’s first decade and a half. Though only briefly dominant, he played and scored longer than most players. So we wonder where he ranks all time.

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Is Nicklas Lidstrom the 2nd Best Defenseman of All Time?

If you judge strictly on the basis of Norris Trophy wins, Nicklas Lidstrom is the second best NHL defenseman of all time.

Obviously Norris wins are not the only criteria we should use when evaluating NHL D, so in this episode we look at his entire career and try to figure out where he ranks all time.

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Does Newsy Lalonde Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

The question with Newsy isn’t whether or not he belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame but rather, is Newsy Lalonde one of the Greatest of All Time?

Newsy’s dominance of the early NHL is unrivaled but where does he rank all time?

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Does Cyclone Taylor Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Cyclone Taylor didn’t play a game in the NHL, but he was arguably one of the first pro hockey stars, along with Newsy Lalonde and Joe Malone. How does he compare with them?

Does he belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame even though he played the majority of his career in the PCHA?

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Does Jaromir Jagr Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

In this episode of The Back Check, we debate whether or not Jaromir Jagr is one of the greatest Right Wings in the history of the NHL.

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Francis King Clancy

King Clancy’s Career

NHL: 1921-37; 16 seasons, 15 quality
Totals:
- 136G (23rd All Time at his retirement),
- 147A (7th) for
- 283P (13th) in
- 592 games (2nd – Clancy was the career leader in Games Played from the 1934-35 season to the next season);
- 104. 3 PS (1st)
Clancy was 10th All Time in GPG, 8th in APG and 10th in PPG at his retirement (if the qualifier is set to 500 games, 15 qualifying players, as Clancy doesn’t qualify for the leaderboards)
At his retirement, Clancy was 1st All Time in Defensive Point Shares
Era: Of the 14 skaters to play in at least 500 games between 1921 and 1937, Clancy is
- 7th in Goals,
- 9th in GPG and PPG,
- 6th in Assists and OPS,
- 8th in APG and Points,
- 1st in DPS and PS,
- 2nd in Games
82-game average: 19G, 21A for 40P
3-year peak (1927-30): 44-game average of 13G, 11A for 24P
Playoffs: 8G, 8A for 16P in 55 games
Adjusted: 247G, 550A for 797P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 76A for 110P
Trades:
- Traded at 27 to the Leafs for Eric Pettinger (26), Art Smith (23) and $35,000 – our 11th Best Maple Leafs Trade of All Time

Sidney Crosby

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Charlie Conacher

Career

NHL: 1929-1941; 12 seasons, 10 quality
Totals:
- 225G (6th All Time at his retirement),
- 173A (15th) for
- 398P (6th) in
- 459 games;
- 66.6 PS (10th)
At his retirement, Conacher was 3rd in GPG, 7th in APG and 2nd in PPG[1. Minimum 300 games]
At his retirement, Conacher was 5th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Conacher is 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG and OPS, 6th in Assists, 3rd in APG and PS, and 16th in Games[2. Of the 37 players to play in 400 games between 1929 and 1941]
82-game average: 40G, 31A for 71P
3-year peak (1933-36): 48-game average of 33G, 20A for 53P
Playoffs: 17G, 18A for 35P in 49 games
Conacher briefly shared the record for career playoff goals at the end of the 1939-40 season
Conacher held the record for career playoff APG from 1939 until the 1944 playoffs
Adjusted: 393G, 399A for 792P
Adjusted 82-game average: 70G, 71A for 141P
If the qualifier is set at 300 games, Conacher is 10th All Time in Adjusted PPG
Traded twice at the end of his career.

Robert Nels Stewart

Nels Stewart’s Career

NHL: 1925-1940; 15 seasons, 13 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
Totals:
- 324G (1st All Time at his retirement),
- 191A (5th) for
- 515P (1st) in
- 650 games (3rd);
- 96.9 PS (3rd)
- Stewart was the NHL career goals leader from the 1936-37 season until 1952
- Stewart was the NHL career points leader from the 1938-39 season until the 1944-45 season
- At his retirement, Stewart was 2nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Per Game:
- Stewart is 20th All time in GPG;
- At his retirement, Stewart was
  - 4th All Time in GPG
  - 1st All Time in PPG (but he was the only qualifying player…)
  - Stewart doesn’t qualify for the APG leader-board, however if the qualifier is set to 500 games played, Stewart waas 10th All Time at his retirement
- Stewart was the NHL career PPG leader from the 1938-39 season (the first time anyone qualifies for the HR leader boards) to the 1945-46 season
Era: Of the 21 players to play in at least 500 games between 1925 and 1950Stewart is
- 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS, PS and Games,
- 4th in Assists, and
- 8th in APG
82-game average: 41G, 24A for 65P
3-year peak (1929-32): 44 game average of 30G, 14A for 45P
Playoffs:
- 9G (t-24th All Time at his retirement)
- 12A fo (t-11th)
- 21P (t-19th) in
- 50 games (12th)
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 587G (22nd All Time), 583A for 1170P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: an absurd 74G, 74A for 148P
  - Per Game:
    - 4th All Time in Adjusted GPG
    - 1st All Time in Adjusted PPG
    - (Doesn’t qualify for APG)
- VsX:
  - 592G
  - 568A
  - 1,106P
  - Per Game:
    - 6th All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG
    - 7th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
Trades:
- Traded at 29 for cash
- Traded at 30 with Joe Jerwa (29) for cash but traded back at 31 when the agreement fell through
- Traded at 31 for cash