The Penguins season is now 75% complete and has left than one month in the regular season. As such and with a few days off here, it’s probably not too early to take stock in the NHL’s landscape for the awards.
No Pittsburgh player has won a major league-wide award since 2017, when Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe for playoff MVP and Rocket Richard trophy for scoring the most goals.
Awards won’t come from the scoring races — Crosby is over 20 points behind Connor McDavid, and Jake Guentzel is 11 goals back of Auston Matthews.