The NHL will have a new MVP in 2018. Last year's Hart Trophy recipient, Connor McDavid, did not make the voters' cut Terrance Mitchell Jersey this time.

McDavid will have to watch Devils forward Taylor Hall, Kings forward Anze Kopitar or Avalanche forward Nathan T. J. Carrie Jersey MacKinnon raise the trophy at next month's awards ceremony in Las Vegas following the Stanley Cup Final. The latter three finished at the top of balloting that took place prior to the start of the playoffs.

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(Incidentally, just like McDavid, none of the Hart hopefuls Seth DeValve Jersey will be playing for the Cup, either).

A surface review of Hall, Kopitar and MacKinnon's credentials:

2017-18 stats: 93 points (39 goals, 54 Greedy Williams Jersey a sists), 19:09 average time on ice, 13 power-play goals.

2017-18 stats: 92 points (35 goals, 57 a sists), 22:05 average time on ice, seven power-play goals.

2017-18 stats: 97 points (39 goals Odell Beckham Jr. Jersey , 58 a sists), 19:54 average time on ice, 12 power-play goals.

This year's MVP race was considered wide-open before the vote, and any of the top three vote-getters could have been replaced by players such as McDavid Jaelen Strong Jersey , Flyers forward Claude Giroux and Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron, among others.