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Simply the best.
There is no other way to put it.
Connor Hellebuyck was the best player in the NHL during the 2024-25 season.
He was recognized - and rightly so - for his incredible achievement on Thursday evening.
Not only did the 32-year-old Winnipeg Jets backstop take home the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender, he was also named as the Hart Trophy winner as league MVP.
Hellebuyck became just the ninth goaltender to accomplish the feat.
He is also the fifth to be named both the Vezina and Hart Trophy winner in the same season and the first to take home the Vezina, Hart, Jennings and Presidents' Trophies in the same year.
The league's top backstop posted a 2.00 goals against average, a .925 save percentage, eight shutouts and 47 wins - three of the individual statistical categories were tops across the league.
Despite his postseason struggles on the road in both St. Louis and Dallas this spring, Hellebuyck's regular season dominance was what mattered for these awards as voting closed following the final game of the season. As Hellebuyck faltered in the playoffs, so did the Jets, which is exactly what should happen when the league's MVP struggles, should it not?
Hellebuyck was surprised with the two trophies by his family and members of the NHL's Hockey Hall of Fame out in the backyard of his Michigan home this past week. The clip aired on Thursday evening at the special NHL Award Night prior to puck drop of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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