My initial impression is yes. The Hart basically just goes to the guy who wins the scoring Title. So if McDavey wins that by a sizeable margin, i think that combined with how much the media loves to talk about his greatness probably wins him the MVP award. Even if it doesn't make much sense to me, and i don't personally believe it'd be justified to have the "most valuable player" in the league on a non-playoff team. The "value" they bring, should be predominantly leading (or dragging kicking and screaming) their team to the Playoffs. That's the point. That's why they play the games.