Former Spartak head coach Fedor Kanareikin agrees that Stanley Cup Most Valuable Player award went to Edmonton forward Connor McDavid.
Florida defeated Edmonton in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final with a score of 2: 1. Among the winners were Russian goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, as well as defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and forward Vladimir Tarasenko. After the playoffs, McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded annually to the best player in the NHL playoffs.
—Did they deserve to give Conn Smythe to McDavid and not Bobrovsky? More often than not, Conn Smythe is awarded to the winners, but this time it was a different story. With all due respect to Bobrovsky, Conn Smythe was handed over to a genius. I don’t think it’s just a question of politics. Yes, it always relates to sport in one way or another, but McDavid is a brilliant player, you can’t argue with that. But Bobrovsky also had a great season. He put the finishing touches on his career, rose to the top and is enjoying himself. Let him stay there until next season,” Kanareikin said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.
This season, McDavid scored 132 (32+100) points in 76 NHL regular season games and also scored 42 (8+34) points in 25 playoff games.
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