With NHL Awards voting officially underway, I present to you the final edition of “For Your Consideration.”
In what feels forever ago, although it was only March 2, I wrote that Panarin was the true front-runner for the Hart Trophy, and not much has changed so I will try to not retrace mostly covered ground.
Panarin’s first regular season on Broadway closed with an impressive stat line both by the metrics you can find at NHL dot com, and on your favorite fancy stats site of choice. Using the traditional numbers, Panarin finished first in even strength points (71), third in points (95), assists (63), points per game (1.