Connor McDavid leads the Hart Trophy market as the consensus frontrunner after posting a league-high 138 points to capture his sixth Art Ross Trophy and guide the Edmonton Oilers into the playoffs for the seventh straight season. Nikita Kucherov sits second in trading volume following a 130-point campaign that included a 42-point gap over his nearest Lightning teammate and helped secure Tampa Bay’s ninth consecutive postseason berth. Nathan MacKinnon rounds out the finalists with the Maurice Richard Trophy after leading the NHL with 53 goals, though his lower overall point total and the Avalanche’s standing relative to the top two candidates have kept his implied probability lower among traders evaluating regular-season value. All three previous Hart winners, the outcome remains closely contested heading into the final vote by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.