The Hart Memorial Trophy is a three-player race among Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. Who will be honored as the best player during the regular season when it is handed out during the 2019 NHL Awards presented by Bridgestone in Las Vegas on Wednesday? That remains to be seen, but we had five members of the NHL.com staff debate the merits of the finalists to see how the voting by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association could shake out.
Hart Trophy winner debated by NHL.com
Crosby of Penguins, Kucherov of Lightning, McDavid of Oilers finalists for League MVP