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The Hart Trophy thing confused me, too, when I saw that IRL, Bobby Clarke won it in 1973, but Phil Esposito beat him to the First All-Star Team that year. It's not "best player in the league", but "most valuable to his team". So, Syl Apps was better than Syd Howe, but Howe's team sucked. The fact that they even had a shot was almost entirely due to Howe. Whereas the Red Wings had 4 players average more than a point per game, so Apps was probably graded less essential.
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