It's an honor just to be nominated.
This year's NHL Award show was an often cringe-inducing parade of leaden jokes and empty dive bar-esque musical performances. Compared to the show itself, the Islanders getting shutout of any hardware wasn't really that depressing.
John Tavares finished a distant third in voting for the Hart Trophy as the league's Most Valuable player behind Alex Ovechkin, who himself finished a distant second behind Canadiens goalie Carey Price. Tavares - who, again, is still extraordinarily good at hockey - garnered 739 points, including four votes for first place, while Ovechkin had a very prophetic 888 total points with eight votes for first place.