Nikita Kucherov is the clear favorite for the Art Ross Trophy

[Gurglesons]

After 2nd Art Ross would he be on track to surpass Malkin?

Yeah, I think you could say that. Beating McDavid twice in his prime.

 

[TropicOfNoReturn]

Also only non oiler to win it in a while

"In a while"
Thanks for the hard hitting journalism.

Also, this goes to show how little having an Art Ross Trophy winner on your roster helps the team actually win.

 

[RebuildinVan]

No, but more to the point is calling someone the clear favourite 20 games in is kinda insane

Well, Hughes is not winning it, that's for sure.

 

[Jay26]

It boggles my mind how low he was on a bunch of preseason lists. Like what's wrong with hockey media?

 

[Hockeyholic]

2nd art Ross will undoubtedly ensure him as a 1st ballot HHOfer.

 

[Kerberos]

McDavid is out of it for sure.

7 points in the last 4 periods. Finally healthy again.

The guy who had 64 goals and 89 assists for 153 points last season can catch Kucherov if he wants to.

 

[Kerberos]

8 points in his last 4½ periods.

And all of a sudden only 11 points back while having missed 2 games and playing like shit for a quarter of the season.

 

[Czechboy]

I'll call it now.. McDavid. Mock away

 

[Silver Tuna]

Mcdavid is still the clear favorite, but Kucherov will make it interesting at least.

 

[Straight Fire]

I think Q Hughes is right there in the conversation. At this early stage its either Kucherov or Hughes. Nikita is playing out of his mind rn though. So is Hughes but yeah. Nice little race going on.

 

[Offtheboard412]

I think Q Hughes is right there in the conversation. At this early stage its either Kucherov or Hughes. Nikita is playing out of his mind rn though. So is Hughes but yeah. Nice little race going on.

It's going to take at least 120 points to win the Art Ross imo. As great as he has been there's zero chance Hughes hits that as a d-man. That is Bobby Orr territory.

 

[Jay26]

I think Q Hughes is right there in the conversation. At this early stage its either Kucherov or Hughes. Nikita is playing out of his mind rn though. So is Hughes but yeah. Nice little race going on.

Hughes won't score enough goals to win it. You can only get so many assists, especially if the threshold to win the Art Ross these days is 120+ points. If he scored 30 goals - which is extremely unlikely - he'd still need to bag 90+ assists.

 

[AndreRoy]

2nd art Ross will undoubtedly ensure him as a 1st ballot HHOfer.

He reached that point years ago. Now he’s just padding his resume.

 

[eviohh26]

I think Mcdavid will still win this.

 

[Minar]

We can dream! But we all know McDavid will win it this year. He's heating up.

 

[Dust]

I think if Hughes hit's 100 points that's an excellent season. There's almost no chance he hangs around in the Art Ross race though. I also don't think Kucherov will continue at a 1.75ppg pace, but if he does it will be a fun race.

 

[Seanaconda]

"In a while"
Thanks for the hard hitting journalism.

Also, this goes to show how little having an Art Ross Trophy winner on your roster helps the team actually win.

I think he is in the middle of a 7 year run this year would be 8

If you google art ross you can see in photo form

 

[dellzor]

Mcdavids not scoring 110 never mind 120

Now on pace for 114 lol

 

[Binder]

if mcdavid is done slumping, there is no reason he can't play another 62 games at last years PPG pace which would put him around 141 points

no one is winning the art ross this year unless he misses around 7 - 10 games then it might be up for grabs

 

[RickyLafleur]

For a guy who put up the best season by somebody not named McDavid in the past 20 years, Kucherov sure has a lot of doubters.

 

[nbwingsfan]

He’s been on fire since the beginning of the season topping it off with a 6 point performance today.

35 points in 20 games (143 point pace), 4 more than Hughes. 15 more than McDavid

I wouldn’t count Draisaitl and McDavid out yet if McDavid is showing he’s feeling healthier.

The two can put up serious numbers real fast

Mcdavids not scoring 110 never mind 120

He’s pacing for like 113 already after just coming out of the worst play of his career…

 

[tfwnogf]

what a difference a few days make...suddenly mcdavid is charging back into the picture with a vengeance

 

[Soundwave]

One, two Connor's coming for you ...

Three, four, better lock your doors ...

 

[blundluntman]

I'd like to see him win another art ross tbh, he's one of my favorite players in the league. But he's gonna have his work cut out for him with the way McDavid's been roaring back recently

 

[EquivalentStay]

2nd art Ross will undoubtedly ensure him as a 1st ballot HHOfer.

He's a slam dunk already imo