NHL Award Finalists

[CarltonTheBear]

Yeah, although writers only put 5 on their ballot, right? So being as Kessel wasn't a top 5 scorer in either year I think it'd be pretty hard to make that justification. Obviously the Dupuis thing defies explanation except it is the same group who though Ovechkin was the best Right and Left winger in the league.

Yeah, that makes sense. And usually once you get to the bottom of the voting results list it's probably just homer media members voting in their own guys at number 5. Jeff Carter, Zack Parise, and Ilya Kovalchuk all also received single votes despite all trailing Kessel in points by a fair bit.