Since the NHL began awarding a playoff MVP in 1965, only five players have won and not been on the Stanley Cup winning team — Connor McDavid just became the sixth. Believe me, I know how this is going to sound: “Oh wow, the sports guy is saying I should watch hockey, super creative.”
Wait! It’s not that.
If you’re turning down the chance to watch this generation’s Wayne Gretzky, you’re truly missing out on greatness. McDavid scored 42 points over 23 playoff games this summer — he didn’t win the Stanley Cup — but he deserves his roses.
McDavid’s 42 points would have placed him seventh on the Canucks in scoring this regular season over an 82 game span. He had more points than a third of Vancouver’s entire roster in just 23 games this postseason, to go along with his 132 before the playoffs.
Witness.
