Who Wins The Conn Smythe Trophy?

[FoxyClean]

Shesterkin/Draisaitl

depends who wins.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Updated
Edmonton: 1. Bouchard 2. Mcdavid 3. Draisaitl
Dallas: 1. Oettinger 2. Heiskanen 3. Johnston
New York: 1. Shesterkin 2. Trocheck 3. Lafrenière
Florida: 1. Barkov 2. Tkachuk 3. Verhaeghe

The only team with the clear favorite is Rangers with Shesterkin imo.

 

[wetcoast]

Bouchard is working his way into the conversation.

Unless McDri both get injured he has zero chance and I really like bouchard's game and he has had an excellent playoffs.

But it's not happening.

I'd venture to say that it's going to be one of Miro, McDavid?drai and Igor from 3 of the teams.

Only Florida is in question with Barkov and Tkachuk being the frontrunners and Forsling being the Panthers version of Bouchard, although with a slightly better shot than bouchard as the other players are more down to earth.

 

[GreeningOil]

Need to make the finals to be considered imo.

Well… so do all of the other teams?

 

[Felidae]

Sure but if the Oilers win it's probably going to the captain right?

At the time I posted that, Draisatl was still handily leading the playoffs in points. That was before Mondays game aired as well.

Anyways, good bounce back by McDavid.

 

[cruisecity]

28 points in 16 games for McDavid seems like the current no brainer.

 

[FriarChill]

For me it's Shesterkin, Barkov, Heiskanen and McDavid leading their respective teams.

 

[Bruce Granville]

For me it's Shesterkin, Barkov, Heiskanen and McDavid leading their respective teams.

This.
Although I have Skinner for Edmonton. No way they win without Skinner standing on his head…

 

[Calderon]

Funny how NHL.com had McDavid overtaking Draisaitl in the scoring race after 15 games even though Drai had the tie break with twice the goals. Now that McDavid got a +2 on Drai last game his CS chances look a lot better again. While it is somewhat pointless to talk about CS winners at this stage as far as I know it's rather rare for someone to come from relative obscurity to claim the trophy with a great finals performance so it's quite likely the eventual winner will be among the 12 names in Matty Sundin's list above (looks alright to me). The Oilers trio has performed pretty evenly all three rounds although Drai might want to crank up a level in the last 2-3 games.

 

[Wings4Life]

McDavid
Shesterkin
Tkachuk
Oettinger

IMO

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Barkov
Heiskanen
Krieder
Knoblauch

 

[Macheteops]

If Edmonton wins and no separation from this point occurs it will go to McDavid even though all three are likely neck and neck

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Updated
Edmonton: 1. Bouchard 2. Mcdavid 3. Draisaitl
Dallas: 1. Oettinger 2. Heiskanen 3. Johnston
New York: 1. Shesterkin 2. Trocheck 3. Lafrenière
Florida: 1. Barkov 2. Tkachuk 3. Verhaeghe

The only team with the clear favorite is Rangers with Shesterkin imo.

Bro in no world is Bouchard winning the SMYTHE

 

[Phil Brooks]

McDavid

 

[Cup or Bust]

I will go with McDavid for now but can't really say until the finals start because we don't even know who will be there yet.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Bro in no world is Bouchard winning the SMYTHE

He probably should though, guys been the MVP of the playoffs for the Oil so far. Multiple GWG. Huge plays on all OT winners, leading the league in +/-, elite advanced stats, and been lights out

 

[Canovin]

If the Oilers win the cup, McDavid is likely setting that new assists record too. That's a huge statement regardless of what Drai or Bouchard does.

 

[TheNumber4]

McDavid has taken the lead. Thought this was going be Draisaitls all day long. Maybe even Bouchard although that’s a long shot due to people pretending they watch his games and formulating an opinion anyways.

 

[centipede2233]

I feel like Bouchard should win it to date, but he will get “kessel’d” by voters being on a team with 2 generational players. one of mcdavid or drasaitl wins it, but drasaitl would likely have to have more points then mcdavid to win it over him

 

[Matty Sundin]

Bro in no world is Bouchard winning the SMYTHE

My opinion is an opinion. I do think if Oilers win, Mcdavid will probably get it but it would be too hard to ignore Bouchard with the clutch he’s been and if he gets 30 pts. If voting was right now though, he’d get my vote.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Unless McDri both get injured he has zero chance and I really like bouchard's game and he has had an excellent playoffs.

But it's not happening.

I'd venture to say that it's going to be one of Miro, McDavid?drai and Igor from 3 of the teams.

Only Florida is in question with Barkov and Tkachuk being the frontrunners and Forsling being the Panthers version of Bouchard, although with a slightly better shot than bouchard as the other players are more down to earth.

Bouchard has 23 points as a defenseman so far. He's already having a top 10 playoff run of all time among defensemen (tied for 10th with 82/83Ray Bourque, 21/22 Adam Fox and 90/91 Larry Murphy). I agree that its unlikely that McDavid doesn't get the votes, but Bouchard is certainly a worthy recipient of the vote. He's creeping up on Draisaitl in points already.

 

[SimpleJack]

Forsling

 

[wetcoast]

Bouchard has 23 points as a defenseman so far. He's already having a top 10 playoff run of all time among defensemen (tied for 10th with 82/83Ray Bourque, 21/22 Adam Fox and 90/91 Larry Murphy). I agree that its unlikely that McDavid doesn't get the votes, but Bouchard is certainly a worthy recipient of the vote. He's creeping up on Draisaitl in points already.

I have no problem saying that Bouchard has a Smythe worthy playoffs going this year or at least very close to it but it's still 99.5% going to be McDavid or Drai winning if the Oilers win the SC.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Forsling

It really should be, if Florida wins, but because he still doesn't get the media attention he deserves, it'll be Barkov or Tkachuk.

 

[Zub]

Dallas - Heiskanen
NYR - Laf / Igor
Florida - Bennet / Barkov
Oilers - McDavid