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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2612853, member: 289"] Alex Ovechkin has now won a championship in hockey after 13 season of excellence. It made we wonder what star players in the four major team sports would be candidates to be the next great player to be so rewarded, considering the quality of the player and how long they have waited. Mike Trout, (baseball) and Anthony Davis (basketball) are obviously great players but they haven't been around that long. Bartolo Colon, (baseball) and Matt Bryant (football) have bene around for a long time but not been great players. I'm not a big hockey guy so I looked at the Hart (MVP) trophy winners of this century and came up with: Joe Thornton [URL='https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/thornjo01.html']Joe Thornton Stats | Hockey-Reference.com[/URL] Henrik Sedin [URL='https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/sedinhe01.html']Henrik Sedin Stats | Hockey-Reference.com[/URL] Carey Price [URL='https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/priceca01.html']Carey Price Stats | Hockey-Reference.com[/URL] Connor McDavid seems more in the Trout/Davis mold: [URL='https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mcdavco01.html']Connor McDavid Stats | Hockey-Reference.com[/URL] I took the same approach for basketball but all I could come up with was: Derrick Rose, who seems to be washed up: [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rosede01.html']Derrick Rose Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] and Russell Westbrook: [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/westbru01.html']Russell Westbrook Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] I clicked on the 'V' to look at the voting and decided to add: Carmelo Anthony [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anthoca01.html']Carmelo Anthony Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] Chris Paul [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paulch01.html']Chris Paul Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] Dwight Howard [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/howardw01.html']Dwight Howard Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] James Hardin [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardeja01.html']James Harden Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] Blake Griffin [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/griffbl01.html']Blake Griffin Stats | Basketball-Reference.com[/URL] Looking at baseball, here are some MVPs: Joey Votto [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vottojo01.shtml']Joey Votto Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Ryan Braun [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/braunry02.shtml']Ryan Braun Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Andrew McCutchen [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccutan01.shtml']Andrew McCutchen Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Clayton Kershaw [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kershcl01.shtml']Clayton Kershaw Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Giancarlo Stanton [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stantmi03.shtml']Giancarlo Stanton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Some MVP also rans: Carlos Gonzalez: [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaca01.shtml']Carlos Gonzalez Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Adrian Gonzalez [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaad01.shtml']Adrian Gonzalez Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Troy Tulowitzki [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tulowtr01.shtml']Troy Tulowitzki Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] José Bautista [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bautijo02.shtml']Jose Bautista Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] Adrián Beltré [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrad01.shtml']Adrian Beltre Stats | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] The NFL offers these MVPs: Adrian Peterson [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeteAd01.htm']Adrian Peterson Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Matt Ryan [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanMa00.htm']Matt Ryan Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] The NFL version of the site didn't have a listing of the others who received votes so i looked at some career totals: Julius Peppers [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeppJu99.htm']Julius Peppers Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Philip Rivers [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RivePh00.htm']Philip Rivers Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Carson Palmer [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PalmCa00.htm']Carson Palmer Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Terrell Suggs [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SuggTe99.htm']Terrell Suggs Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Antonio Gates [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GateAn00.htm']Antonio Gates Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Larry Firtzgerald [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/ /FitzLa00.htm']https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/ /FitzLa00.htm[/URL] Frank Gore [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoreFr00.htm']Frank Gore Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL] Feel free to nominate others to be added to the list. obviously on this board, the sentimental favorite will be Carmelo but looking at it dispassionately, I think i'd go with either Chris Paul or Larry Fitzgerald, with Chris having the best chance of having his dream come true. 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