Sidney Crosby name NHL MVP for 2nd time

[Sportsguy9695]

Seven years after Sidney Crosby won his first Hart Memorial Trophy, the Pittsburgh Penguins' captain has been recognized as the NHL's best once again.

Crosby won the NHL's most valuable player award for the second time Tuesday night at the league's postseason awards ceremony in Las Vegas.

After his first full season without major injuries since 2010, the Penguins' 26-year-old center cleaned up at the NHL's awards show to cap a fruitful year that included a second gold medal as Canada's captain at the Sochi Olympics. Crosby also collected the Art Ross Trophy as the league scoring champion and the Ted Lindsay Award as the players' choice for the NHL's most outstanding player.

In a modest acceptance speech, Crosby thanked his teammates and family.

"I appreciate all the sacrifices you've made to allow me to play the game I love every day," Crosby said.

Crosby won his second NHL scoring title with 104 points, including 68 assists in his fifth career 100-point season. Crosby scored in 60 of his 80 games, never going more than two games without a point for the Metropolitan Division champion Penguins.

Source: ESPN

 

[pixburgher66]

It blows me away that it's been 7 years. So bizarre. Dude could have 4 at this point.

 

[Comeds]

Seven years after Sidney Crosby won his first Hart Memorial Trophy, the Pittsburgh Penguins' captain has been recognized as the NHL's best once again.

Crosby won the NHL's most valuable player award for the second time Tuesday night at the league's postseason awards ceremony in Las Vegas.

After his first full season without major injuries since 2010, the Penguins' 26-year-old center cleaned up at the NHL's awards show to cap a fruitful year that included a second gold medal as Canada's captain at the Sochi Olympics. Crosby also collected the Art Ross Trophy as the league scoring champion and the Ted Lindsay Award as the players' choice for the NHL's most outstanding player.

In a modest acceptance speech, Crosby thanked his teammates and family.

"I appreciate all the sacrifices you've made to allow me to play the game I love every day," Crosby said.

Crosby won his second NHL scoring title with 104 points, including 68 assists in his fifth career 100-point season. Crosby scored in 60 of his 80 games, never going more than two games without a point for the Metropolitan Division champion Penguins.

Source: ESPN

Good post, thanks man.

 

[awaz]

It blows me away that it's been 7 years. So bizarre. Dude could have 4 at this point.

if it was for best player he'd have like 7 I think. but most valuable, to me, has a different meaning. and with Malkin on the team, most years, they can survive without Crosby (which drives his value down slightly to me)

 

[elocomotive]

3 > 2

 

[elocomotive]

3 > 2

To save someone the trouble...


1 > 0

 

[Cobiemonster]

Geez I wouldn't have known about this had this thread not been started

 

[mattola]

To save someone the trouble...


1 > 0

you forgot also

2 > 0

 

[KennyBanyeah]

To save someone the trouble...


1 > 0

LULZ!!!

All that score reflects is the tally between windshield and bug.

PWNED!!

 

[element1286]

if it was for best player he'd have like 7 I think. but most valuable, to me, has a different meaning. and with Malkin on the team, most years, they can survive without Crosby (which drives his value down slightly to me)

I'll never understand this line of thinking. Value is a number, how can you be the best player, and less valuable than a worse player at the same time?

 

[Comeds]

I'll never understand this line of thinking. Value is a number, how can you be the best player, and less valuable than a worse player at the same time?

I value your opinion.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I value your opinion.

And I value yours Comeds. I just don't value it as much as much as some of our idiot posters because we have so many other great posters, but very few morons.

 

[SLY]

 

[Comeds]

I value that little moving graphic, but not as much as I value face palm.

 

[awaz]

I'll never understand this line of thinking. Value is a number, how can you be the best player, and less valuable than a worse player at the same time?

I guess I just feel that value is relative to your team. I always think about MVP in terms of 'how much would it affect the team if he was out', because to me, that's what defines most valuable. For most of the past few years, the Pens have not been sunk when Crosby has been out of the lineup. Whereas in Washington, the Caps are typically horrendous without OV. That makes OV more valuable to the Caps, than Crosby is to the Penguins.

Just how I think about it anyway, feel free to disagree.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I guess I just feel that value is relative to your team. I always think about MVP in terms of 'how much would it affect the team if he was out', because to me, that's what defines most valuable. For most of the past few years, the Pens have not been sunk when Crosby has been out of the lineup. Whereas in Washington, the Caps are typically horrendous with OV. That makes OV more valuable to the Caps, than Crosby is to the Penguins.

Just how I think about it anyway, feel free to disagree.

Are we talking playoffs here, or is there an 'out' missing from that sentence

 

[awaz]

Are we talking playoffs here, or is there an 'out' missing from that sentence

fixed it

 

[DragonfromTO]

I'll never understand this line of thinking. Value is a number, how can you be the best player, and less valuable than a worse player at the same time?

The value of a diamond ring isn't dependent on the net worth of the finger it's on.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I guess I just feel that value is relative to your team. I always think about MVP in terms of 'how much would it affect the team if he was out', because to me, that's what defines most valuable. For most of the past few years, the Pens have not been sunk when Crosby has been out of the lineup. Whereas in Washington, the Caps are typically horrendous without OV. That makes OV more valuable to the Caps, than Crosby is to the Penguins.

Just how I think about it anyway, feel free to disagree.

Ovechkin has missed only 25 games in 9 seasons and 10 of them came in one season (one where he didn't win the Hart). I'm not sure that there's any real evidence of how good the Capitals actually are/aren't when he's not in the lineup in order to do a comparison.

 

[awaz]

Ovechkin has missed only 25 games in 9 seasons and 10 of them came in one season (one where he didn't win the Hart). I'm not sure that there's any real evidence of how good the Capitals actually are/aren't when he's not in the lineup in order to do a comparison.

Kind of missing the point I was trying to make...