No need to wait until June- Alex Ovechkin is your Hart Trophy winner. Here are the winners for Round 2 of the 2008 NHL Playoffs:
The “thanks for showing up” award goes to Sean Avery’s spleen, which ruptured along with the Rangers playoff hopes in Game 3 at the Garden. In a series where the Rangers needed to find a way to get uberstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeny Malkin off their game, Avery was held in check. Luckily, he all but wrapped up a new contract in the previous series against the New Jersey Devils.
