Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon over Taylor Hall for Hart

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon could and should win the Hart Trophy this year. The 2018 NHL Awards take place in Vegas on June 20.

Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon is up for the Hart Trophy as team MVP in the regular season. Needless to say, here in Avs Nation we all think he’s the prime candidate.

Also needless to say, other teams’ fanbases have differing opinions. Indeed, nothing was more amusing when the finalists were announced than to hear all the Philadelphia Flyers fans howl, “What about Claude Girouuuuuuuuuuuux?”

While a case could be made for one of the other finalists, Anze Kopitar, most people think it’s going to come down to Nathan MacKinnon or his New Jersey…