The Canadian famine has lasted long enough. The Edmonton Oilers will win in the final against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
It is this year that McDavid will lift the big trophy. You will have read it here.
The Hurricanes came close last season, and they won’t miss out this time. Perhaps the most complete club in the entire NHL, with no obvious weaknesses.
They finally have a defense that stands up and some hope in front of the net thanks to Stuart Skinner.
Please don’t touch this roster again, especially not to add aging stars at the trade deadline. Everything is in place.
Talent everywhere, an elite goaltender, and prospects who could have a significant impact down the stretch.
Who’s crazy enough not to predict it for Connor McDavid? Like Wayne Gretzky at the time, you can reserve this trophy for him for the next few years because his domination is so outrageous…
Sorry for the lack of originality, but that’s what it is. No. 97 will continue his work in a successful season for the Oilers.
We could mail him the trophy right away, it would save everyone time.
It’s boring, but that’s how it is.
The Devils will have a great team, of which he will be the spark plug. He never stopped improving in his first four seasons in the NHL.
No need for explanations.
If he stays healthy this time, Cale Makar will win this trophy and reach the 90-point mark for the first time in his career.
He was limited to 60 games last year. If he stays healthy, he will have his first 100-point season. Maybe even 110.
The bettors’ choice, and everyone knows that, the bettors are always right.
If he stays healthy, it will come back to him, especially since Erik Karlsson will no longer be able to stack points as if they were empty calories.
An injury slowed him down last season. He nevertheless remains one of the most versatile defenders on the circuit.
Back with my pick from last season: 80 points in 89 games, last season, season and playoffs included.
Jake Oettinger is progressing year after year and the Dallas Stars are a formidable club. Oettinger should win, but Igor Shesterkin will bounce back in New York and heat him up.
With the team he has in front of him again this season, I expect great performances from Georgiev.
The Predators goaltender played 67 and 64 games over the last two seasons. This trend will continue, and so will excellence.
The first of several for the one who was drafted immediately after a certain Ryan Poehling in 2017.
He finished second last year after dragging the Islanders to the playoffs and “saving” almost 35 goals at 5-on-5. He will be dominant again.
Two straight seasons with a save percentage above 92%, and nearly 40 goals saved last season.
Even though he hasn’t played an NHL game yet, Connor Bedard is in a class of his own. Only a serious injury will prevent him from winning this trophy.
Let’s face reality.
It can’t really be anyone else.
A 60-point season, at an atrociously bad club, will already earn him a majority of votes. Imagine if it hits 80 points.
The Arizona Coyotes will be a better team than the Chicago Blackhawks, and that’s what could help Cooley get ahead of Connor Bedard.
He’ll have all the quality playing time needed to rack up points by the dozen.
McDavid will postpone the Rocket trophy for the same reasons he will win the Hart and the Ted-Lindsay.
He scored 46 goals last year, and he will score 15 more this year. Not only will he finish the season as the first scorer, but he will also be among the top three scorers on the circuit. Drop the mic.
At 26 years old, he’s preparing to have the best seasons of his career, which should be bad news for the rest of the league.
It would be boring to write “McDavid” here again. Let’s go for the Sabres’ big forward, who went from 38 to 47 goals in his last two seasons.
Who else ? His ability to score goals seems endless.
Only one active player has scored more goals in a season than McDavid’s 64 last winter: Alexander Ovechkin (65 in 2008).
