Today the NHL continued its rollout of NHL Award nominees. The Hart Trophy got its opportunity and the nominees are Nikita Kucherov, Nathan MacKinnon, and Connor McDavid.
The announcement has caused debate and frustration that Auston Matthews is not one of the finalists being considered. He, of course, had an outstanding year and had a historic goal-scoring number for this era scoring 69 goals during the regular season.
The debate will continue up until the moment the award is officially given out whether or not Auston Matthews should've been a finalist or even won the award. Scoring 69 goals in a season while being one of the best defensive forwards in the league does deserve recognition.
While Auston Matthews' absence from this list can be explained due to the outstanding seasons of other players it still feels odd that he will not be a finalist. With the list of finalists it will be fascinating to see who takes home the trophy.
POLL | ||
MAI 7 | 369 ANSWERS Auston Matthews screwed over by the NHL and Gary Bettman Who would get your vote for the Hart Trophy? | ||
Connor McDavid | 116 | 31.4 % |
Nathan MacKinnon | 114 | 30.9 % |
Nikita Kucherov | 47 | 12.7 % |
Auston Matthews | 92 | 24.9 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Brandon Hagel | - | 5 | 5 | |
Sebastian Aho | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Nico Hischier | 3 | - | 3 | |
Macklin Celebrini | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Seth Jarvis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Zachary Bolduc | 2 | - | 2 | |
Will Cuylle | 2 | - | 2 | |
Lars Eller | 2 | - | 2 | |
Jake Guentzel | 2 | - | 2 | |
Alex Iafallo | 2 | - | 2 | |
Ivan Ivan | 2 | - | 2 | |
Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Drake Batherson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Simon Edvinsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Morgan Frost | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Miro Heiskanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |