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Hart’s In the Right Place

ITS NAMESAKE MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY HAD DIFFERENT INTENTIONS FOR THE TROPHY, BUT IT’S LIKELY DR. HART WOULD BE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW IT IS AWARDED TODAY. AND THE NHL’S ELITE BLUELINE AND GOALIE TALENTS HAVE NONE OTHER THAN ‘THE GREAT BAMBINO’ TO THANK
THE NHL’S OLDEST AND most important individual award turns 100 this season. And a fresh probe of the origins of the Hart Trophy – bestowed annually since 1924 to the player judged most valuable to his team but often thought of as the prize for the NHL’s best player – has revealed an unexpected twist: that its donor originally intended for it to go to the player who scores the most goals or points every season. It also appears the most popular player in MLB in the 1920s – legendary New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth – played a key role in the fledgling NHL’s decision to redefine the Hart as an MVP accolade rather than a scoring prize. The Hart centennial arrives in a year that has featured a lively debate…
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