Henrik Lundqvist and the Vezina

The Vezina trophy is awarded annually to a National Hockey League goaltender who is judged to be the best at this position. This year, there were three nominees for the trophy, only two of which I agree to be nominees. Although all of them have performed well, Roberto Luongo and Tim Thomas should be accompanied by Henrik Lundqvist, not Pekka Rinne. Although Rinne played well, he had a solid team in front of him. Henrik Lundqvist did not, and performed much better. Lundqvist backed up a young and inexperienced team, and led the league with 11 shutouts. He was unquestionably the only reason the Blueshirts even made it as far as the 1st round of the playoffs. He carried a team that with someone like Rinne would have ended up fighting for 13th place all the way to the playoffs. He did all that, barely getting a rest, and he is not even a nominee! It gets you thinking that maybe the nominees are based on whether or not the choosers like the teams they play for or not. Henrik Lundqvist deserves to be nominated for the Hart Trophy for MVP, because no player has been more valuable to his team than he, let alone nominated for the Vezina.