Interesting to note that all three finalists are Russians which is a first in the 85-season history of this award (as pointed out by the Penguins webpage).
The Professional Hockey Writers' Association "submitted ballots for the Hart Memorial Trophy at the conclusion of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists," so the winner has already been determined and will be announced at the 2009 NHL Awards on Thursday, June 18th.
Just by what a few hockey writers from around the Pittsburgh area have been saying when asked about who is most deserving, it would appear that Ovechkin has won it yet again (but that doesn't come as much of a surprise, does it?!).
ALSO interesting is the fact that the below image (which may be a bit too small to make out) was a recently screen-capped image of the Penguins webpage of this announcement which shows their version of "alphabetical order" listing Evgeni Malkin FIRST (could this be a Freudian slip?) -- but we ARE a little biased though after all, aren't we Pens fans?!!!
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