"McIndoe's criteria are: 'Players get 50 percent credit for what they did in that year's Olympic tournament, and 50 percent for what they did in that NHL season,' he does include NHL postseason performance and a player does not have to have won a gold medal (but it helps)."
"I'm here to call bullshit. Sorry, Sean, but just because Crosby scored the Golden Goal and won the Rocket Richard in 2009-10 doesn't mean he had the best overall hockey 'year.' The winner of this made-up trophy for 2010 should be Jonathan Toews. And, with all due respect to Crosby's impressive year, it shouldn't be close."
"Toews - not Crosby - was named the Best Forward in the 2010 Olympics. He led Canada in points, holding a Canadian mark for NHL players in the Olympics that wasn't broken until Connor McDavid this year."
A writer proposes the Teemu Selanne Trophy to honor players with the best combined NHL and Olympic performance in a single season, allocating 50 percent credit to each. The 2010 Olympics featured exceptional talent and a legendary gold medal game. Sidney Crosby received the inaugural award due to scoring the Golden Goal and winning the Rocket Richard Trophy in 2009-10. However, Jonathan Toews merits the award instead. Toews was named Best Forward at the 2010 Olympics and led Canada in points, setting an NHL player Olympic scoring record that stood until Connor McDavid broke it recently. Toews' combined performance across both competitions exceeded Crosby's achievement.
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