With the calendar flipped to January 2025, we are approaching the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season. It's a good opportunity to examine the 10 players we consider the leading candidates for the Hart Memorial Trophy.
This prestigious trophy is awarded to the player deemed the most valuable to their team at the end of the regular season as determined by a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers Association in all 32 NHL cities.
We took a way-too-early look at our top contenders for the Hart just after the regular season schedule began and revisited our listing a month into the season.