Granted, Brad Marchand faces competition, both from his Boston Bruins teammates, David Pastrnak, Tuukka Rask and Patrice Bergeron (who all appear on the NHL.com voting page), as well as other worthy rivals in the Atlantic Division.
Among those he’s contesting with are; reigning Hart and Art Ross Trophy holder, Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, last season’s Atlantic Division captain Auston Matthews and his Toronto Maple Leafs teammates, Mitch Marner and John Tavares, Jack Eichel or Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres and the Florida Panthers’ current holder of the Lady Byng Trophy, Aleksander Barkov.