1920 Offseason
The Hart Trophy goes to Newsy
Lalonde of the
Montreal Canadiens.
Lalonde had a wonderful year, setting the single season scoring record, with 61 points. In three seasons, we are yet to have a repeat winner. I’ve decided to enact the first team all-star awards. Each season, one player will be judged the best at his position.
Montreal Canadiens goalie
Georges Vezina has decided to retire. In real life,
Vezina was so good, the NHL named the award for the leagues best goalie after him. That happened after he retired in 1926, so this happening is a tad premature.
Vezina, only 33, was the best goalie in hockey. Here is a look at his simmed career, the past 3 years, which also led to 3 Stanley Cups.
The top 3 picks in this years draft are amazing.
Shore, Stewart and
Morenz are incredible talents, that all went on to amazing careers in real life.
Howie Morenz at 3 is quite the steal for
Ottawa! All three signed on with
Vancouver, so the
Millionaires should be pretty good. When the league eventually folds, I suspect these players will join the NHL and make an immediate impact.
Montreal has replaced
Georges Vezina with 27 year old
George Hainsworth.
Hainsworth, who has always been property of
Montreal, spent the last 3 years playing win the
Seattle organization in the
WCHL.
Hainsworth is potentially the best goalie in the NHL, if he continues to grow. He’s 27, and hasn’t reached his 4 star potential just yet, but regular playing time should help that.
