Conn Smythe Reboot

Last week, I summarized the race for the Conn Smythe Trophy. Well, things have changed and you’re probably not going to like it. It was my contention that if Detroit wins the series, the award would go to Chris Osgood or Henrik Zetterberg, and if Pittsburgh wins the series, the award would go to Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. Unfortunately, do to the brilliance of the NHL, it might not matter who wins the series. Consider the following explanation of the Conn Smythe voting procedure courtesy of ArmchairGM:“The vote is conducted during the 2nd period of an elimination game in theStanley Cup Finals. If the finals is not over in the game [sic], the votes willbe discarded and the procedures will be repeated until a Stanley Cup winner isdecided.”If there's a special procedure for a "game seven", I haven't seen it. If there isn't, then that does not bode well for a Wings player taking home the hardware. Generally, a player from the winning team wins the Conn Smythe ...