There are a few things we know about the NHL’s MVP award.
First, it creates a stupid yearly discussion centered around the definition of “value” that makes us all dumber for having taken part in it. Just two sides screaming at each other about the subjective meaning of an award that is largely based on opinion, with both sides refusing to give an inch because they know they are the ones that are right.
This happens almost entirely because of the 1988-89 MVP vote when Wayne Gretzky was pretty much gifted the award over Mario Lemieux (seriously, read this .