Un électeur des prix de la LNH a déclaré à Jeff Marek qu’il ne voterait pas Nikita Kucherov pour le Hart parce que « il a eu une pause de deux semaines et demie (Jeux olympiques) pendant que tout le monde jouait au hockey de haut niveau et est revenu fatigué. Il a eu l’occasion de se rafraîchir. » [The Sheet with Jeff Marek]
—
Lycaan_
33 Comments
#1 bullshit
Surprise – a Leafs fan and voter feels hurt.
This is just « I only want to vote for a Canadian, » but with extra steps.
Haters gonna hate
I mean yeah they’re just saying what we already knew. Good thing Kuch does not give a single fuck if he wins anything other than a Stanley Cup
Number one bullshit
Like he had a choice to either play in the Olympics or rest?
At least fans of other teams are now recognizing the fact that Kuch is penalized for being Russian
The annual excuses for not voting for Kuch (or Vasy or Coop for that matter) is just beginning
Didn’t a Habs beat reporter leave Kucherov off their ballot a few years ago because he half assed a meaningless ASG
Booooooo!
That may be the lamest thing I have EVER heard!!!
Punk.
And this is why the players only care about one trophy. The rest are trash.
Ah, silly me, forgot that stipulation!
🙄
Doesn’t that mean he could also have become rusty and not game-tested?
Making this decision at this point in the season should cost you your MVP vote. What if he wins the Art Ross by 20 points and wins the Rocket?
It’s complete and utter bullshit to have a take like this.
Seems a little unfair lol
He’s got a point; he should’ve changed his name legally to Nick Coocher.
Stated he has no idea who this Nikita Kucherov fella is and that he’s a Tampa Native and then played for Team USA at the Olympics, we do live in a fantasy land after all
Sabres fan here. This is bullshit.
This is such a stupid take because Kuch’s insane point run began in January…
Good give that man fuel for the playoffs!!!
Imagine arguably being the best player in the NHL for the past 2 seasons while winning multiple other awards and on route to being the best player again for a 3rd season while technically giving others a head start and then being trashed on because you had a forced 2 week break because of stuff thats out of your control.
Yeah, the comment makes no sense and no one gives a f* about.
I find a shattered hand makes people consider their past actions. It’s very gentle 👍. I’ve shattered both mine and came to regret my foolishness. What a shame if he hurt his and couldn’t vote. It would be tragic. I’d cry a million tears.
Interested to know if players on teams who don’t make the playoffs the previous season get penalized the same because they get a longer off-season.
Note this take is almost universally panned. Kuch will win his second Hart, they have run out of excuses
What a pathetic man. This guy sucks, idk what else to say
What a douche.
Kuch is now the new black
Number one bullshit
Just say it like it is at this point, nhl award voters are going to vote a beloved Canadian over a Russian every single time. These are just excuses to justify their lousy decisions.
Voters vote for 5 players with a point system of 10-7-5-3-1 and players are rated against other players. Voters should be evaluated also. If you don’t have an eventual winner in your top 5 you should lose your ability to vote because you would obviously be a bad judge of hockey Tao.