I think Huberdeau is one of the unlikeliest winners of the hart out of the top scorers. And it's not even about me not thinking he'll keep up pace till end of year (he won't), but:
1. He's underrated. If by year end he's in top 5 scoring and within ~5-10 points of scoring lead, I see him getting overlooked a lot by hart voters, more than he should.
2. Hart voters will look to Barkov as #1C as more valuable, or think Florida is a great team....he won't get enough credit.
Also - I simply don't expect to finish as high in scoring. ~100 points sure maybe, but not ~110+.
I agree. Honestly - out of 97 votes so far, only 1 person voted "he'll win the hart but not art ross". And if you were to ask all 96 other posters who they think will win the hart - I bet most are forwards, and I bet most are forwards who those voters don't expect to win the Art Ross.
So - for McDavid, he has to win the art ross to win the hart, and maybe even then isn't enough. But guys like Mack/Matthews/Huberdeau/Gaudreau and many others - they only have to "come close to art ross" to be a good hart winner. Total double standards.
Very unfair. I think if at season's end McDavid was the best player/best season, he should win the hart, that simple.
I still expect him to win both. He's about to go on a tear now in the next ~30 games.