Analyzing Conn Smythe Trophy Favorites: Hellebuyck & Kucherov

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00:00Let's take a look at the awards market, too. It's never too early to take a look at these,

00:03because I do think it's interesting and certainly a correlation. You take a look at the series

00:06between the Jets and the Blues. The Jets are up 2-0, which means Winnipeg's goalie,

00:10Connor Hellebuck, has two victories there. He sits at a 12-1 price right now to win the

00:15Kahn-Smith Trophy. Aho, McKinnon, Eichel, Jarvis, and McCarr behind him. Without asking you,

00:20can Hellebuck win it? Is there somebody at a price point that, even after a game or two in

00:24some of these series, that you still have your eye on here, Pete?

00:27I mean, look at the 10th guy on that board, Nikita Kucherov. Nobody has more points than

00:33this guy since 2015-16, and that, of course, overlaps with McDavid's career and stuff like

00:39that. Two-time Stanley Cup champ, and always an interesting wrinkle for those multi-cup champions.

00:46Hedman won it one year, the Kahn-Smith for Tampa Bay, and Vasilevsky won it the other year. So,

00:51maybe this year, if Tampa Bay makes another deep run with their core, you know, five players,

00:57or so of elite players. Of course, Victor Hedman's still on the team. Braden Point's still on the

01:02team. Brandon Hagel's a beast. I feel like Tampa Bay, nobody's really talking about them making

01:08a deep run, but if they do and if they win the thing, Kucherov has led the league in scoring

01:12two straight years. So, there's a lot of writing on the wall there, guys.