NHL Predictions: McDavid, Hughes, & Bedard's Hart Trophy Chances

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00:00So, if you like Pete Edmonton to make a run at this, I would imagine the front runner

00:10for the heart is gotta be McDavid on some level, right?

00:13And if not him, then who?

00:17I mean, I think Jack Hughes has a glimmer here if he stays healthy.

00:21I think his point ceiling could be something in the 120s, 130s.

00:25We saw it last year, right?

00:27Like McKinnon had 140.

00:29We always knew he had that capability if he stayed healthy for a full season, shattered

00:34his previous career high, won the heart trophy in a nail biter over Kucherov.

00:39So it's not like McDavid wins this thing every single year.

00:43He is my pick to win the award because of all his individual accolades.

00:47The guy can drop 150 points in a hurry without thinking twice and finish head and shoulders

00:52above the rest of the league.

00:54But if the Devils are the clear bounce back team of the season, and they're off to a good

00:58start here after the global series sweep of the Sabres, Jack Hughes, shots on goal machine

01:03point producer, like few other players in the league on a per game basis.

01:08So I really like Jack Hughes's chances if he stays healthy.

01:12Not just an optimistic year ahead for the Rangers at MSG.

01:15You cross the river, you head over to Newark and the Rock.

01:18They have high hopes for the New Jersey Devils as well.

01:21Pete, at the bottom of the heart trophy odds, you see a familiar name, Conor Bedard, who

01:27despite missing 14 games in his rookie year for Chicago, did win the Calder Trophy as

01:32the NHL's top rookie, 22 goals, 39 assists a season ago, 30 to 1, 10th best place to

01:40win the heart trophy.

01:42What does Bedard do in his second year in the National Hockey League?

01:45Yeah, I mean, if you want to have some fun, of course, like low risk, Conor Bedard, Macklin

01:53Celebrini, this is the future of the NHL at our fingertips.

01:58Celebrini, of course, is rookie eligible, sounds like he's good to go for the opening

02:02night for the Sharks.

02:03They also have Will Smith, another Calder contender, but Conor Bedard produced nearly

02:07a point per game last year for a terrible Blackhawks team that dealt with major injuries

02:12to Seth Jones and Taylor Hall.

02:15Both of those guys are back.

02:16They added Tyler Bertuzzi for some, you know, insurance on his wing, you could say, a little

02:21protection.

02:22Also Tevo Terevianen is back in Chicago.

02:25Taylor Hall, former MVP, is healthy.

02:27Filip Kurashev has played really well with Bedard.

02:30That means a much stronger supporting cast.

02:33So the ceiling of Conor Bedard is to keep the Blackhawks in contention, maybe for a

02:38wild card spot.

02:39And therefore, he would enter the heart trophy conversation just because of what he means

02:44to the NHL.

02:45I feel like the voters would just have a frenzy, you know, flocking to this guy.

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