2021 Hart Award Finalists: Who Should Take Home the Trophy? Jeff Middleton | June 29, 2021 The final and most prestigious player award on the docket is the Hart Trophy. Handed out annually to the player dubbed most valuable to his team, the Hart Trophy is…
Top 10 Longest NHL Award Droughts Kyle Gipe | June 21, 2021 Getting their name engraved on the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal of every player on all NHL teams. Each year, the league also recognizes its outstanding players and coaches…
Predators’ Juuse Saros Needs to Be in the Hart Trophy Discussion Kristy Flannery | June 7, 2021 By definition, the Hart Trophy is awarded to the player judged most valuable to his team. NHL All-Stars like Sidney Crosby, Dominik Hasek and Wayne Gretzky have all taken home…
Ranking Every Hart Trophy Winner From 2005 to 2020 Eugene Helfrick | May 11, 2021 As the NHL-equivalent to a Most Valuable Player award, the Hart Memorial Trophy is the league’s most coveted award. Often times it coincides with the league’s top goal-scorer or point…
2021 NHL Award Watch: Evaluating the Hart Race Aaron Heckmann | May 6, 2021 The season is just a little over a week away from coming to an end, making it a perfect time to shift our focus to evaluating the NHL awards. This…
Lightning’s Vasilevskiy Should Be a Hart Trophy Finalist Andrew Mulville | April 14, 2021 Each season, the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” The Professional Hockey Writers’ Association selects the winner based on…
Jarome Iginla Deserved the 2002 Hart Trophy Lucas Anderson | March 22, 2021 The NHL’s 2001-02 season was one of few goals, many saves, and one infamous award snub. Given that this was the “dead puck era,” it’s fitting that one skater—Jarome Iginla—and…
Panthers’ Barkov Is a Dark Horse Candidate for the Hart Trophy Colby Guy | March 22, 2021 When bringing up Hart Trophy candidates, names like Connor McDavid, Patrick Kane, and Auston Matthews are the names that usually come up, but there is one more name that has…
What Nathan MacKinnon Must Do to Win the 2021 Hart Trophy Avery McGrail | December 31, 2020 So close, yet so far away. Nathan MacKinnon has risen to the top echelon of the NHL over the last three seasons. After struggling to produce on some very bad…
Penguins 12 Days of Hockeymas: 7 Hart Trophy Seasons Jake Deemer | December 18, 2020 The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down…
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media Darvin Babiuk | September 20, 2020 The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners,…
Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov Will Win the Hart Trophy in 5 Years Pasi Tuominen | May 27, 2020 A Florida Panthers player has never won the Hart Trophy. That might change in five years, as Aleksander Barkov, their Finnish captain and top-line center, approaches his prime. Related: Top…
