Quote:Originally posted by ArGarBarGar@Oct 27 2016, 09:02 AM

Yeah I think Razin deserved a nomination. One (or two) fewer points, more hits, more blocked shots.

Though it may be because Lidstrom was passing to Kinsler who had 10 fewer points than MVP candidate McZ. That may have swayed things in his favor in the voting.

Which would be a load of horse shit for a number of reasons. Garbanzo had two 60+ point players (67 pts and 62 I believe) to pass too and nobody would question his right to be a finalist because he very clearly was one of the best defenders. Same with Razin, top two or top three in a number of categories.

If someone wants to argue quality of team mates, then check out those rosters because outside of McZ, Razin had a FAR weaker team then Lidstrom, unless the voters think that the 500ish TPE partners or multiple 600ish TPE skaters he was passing too were somehow making life easier. Still outproduced him in every relevant category, points, shots, hits, etc.

It'd be nice to have some sort of reasoning behind it. I know I won't get it but it's pretty disheartening to be just blatantly overlooked.