When Sidney Crosby walked away Thursday with the Hart, Pearson and Art Ross trophy, it settled the debate who the best player in the NHL was.Crosby is the youngest-ever winner of the NHL scoring race (Gretzky was 20 when he won his first of 10).
Crosby is the first teenager to win a scoring title in any major professional sport, and the youngest professional hockey player to record a 100-point season. Crosby has done it twice now in his first two NHL seasons.
He is also the youngest NHLer chosen as a first-team all-star, another honour picked up this past week. On May 31, Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins named him their captain, too, making him the youngest team leader in league history.
The most successful Leaf in trophy voting was Thomas Kaberle. He finished 8th in votes for the Lady Bying Trophy. Surprisingly Kyle Wellwood finished only 24th and he didn't receive a single penalty all season. Kaberle finished 17th in votes for the Norris Trophy. For some unexplained reason McCable finished 24th (I didn't know salary factored in the voting). Finally, Paul Maurice finished 16th in votes for the Jack Adams Award. Why would anyone vote for a coach who's team didn't make the playoffs (Maurice wasn't alone here)?
