NHL Player Awards: Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby Top NHL Odds

With less than a week to go before the 2016/17 NHL season officially gets underway, let’s take a closer look at the NHL Player Awards odds. This year we have prop bets on the Vezina Trophy for the top goaltender, the Hart Trophy for points leader, the Art Ross Trophy for regular season MVP, the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year, the Norris Trophy for best defenceman and the Rocket Richard Trophy for the regular season’s top goal scorer.

Check out all of our NHL Player Awards odds and betting here.

Art Ross Trophy Winner Odds

The Art Ross Trophy is given to the player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season. Last year, Patrick Kane scored 106 points became the first American-born player to win the Art Ross. He’s +500 to win again this year, but the Penguin’s Sidney Crosby is ahead of him and the current favorite at +200. Crosby has won the Art Ross twice before, in 2007 and in 2014. Rounding out the top three is Connor McDavid, who is +595 even though he hasn’t even played a full season in the NHL yet, since he was injured last season in his rookie year.

Prediction: Sidney Crosby

Hart Trophy Winner Odds

The Hart Memorial Trophy is given to the player considered to be the most valuable to his team. Patrick Kane also won this award last year, and is the second favorite at +700 to win it again. Sidney Crosby is also at the top of this list, priced at +350. Alex Ovechkin, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Connor McDavid are each currently listed at +900 to win the Hart. Ovechkin has won it three times already, and Crosby has won it twice.

Prediction: Sidney Crosby

Calder Trophy Winner Odds

The Calder Memorial Trophy is given to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the NHL. Previous rookies to win this award include Artemi Panarin, who took home the honor last year, Aaron Ekblad and Nathan MacKinnon. Sidney Crosby, despite finishing his rookie season with more than 100 points, did NOT win the Calder, he lost it to Alex Ovechkin, who had 52 goals and 106 points in his first season. This year Auston Matthews is the big favorite to win at -145. Patrik Laine is listed next at +400 and the Toronto Maple Leaf’s William Nylander cracks the top three at +800.

Prediction: Auston Matthews

Norris Trophy Winner Odds

The James Norris Trophy is given to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in the position. During his career, Nicklas Lidston took home the Norris seven times, and Bobby Orr won it eight years in a row. Last year, the honor went to Drew Doughty, and he’s at +600 to win it again. Ahead of him is Erik Karlsson who is listed at +290. Kris Letang, PK Subban, Duncan Keith and Brent Burns are all priced just below Doughty at +700.

Prediction: Drew Doughty

Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy Winner Odds

This trophy is given to the player that finishes the regular season as the league’s leading goal scorer. Alex Ovechkin has won it for the past four years, and is the favorite to win again this season, at +200. Rounding out the other top bets for top scorer are Vladimir Tarasenko at +550, Patrick Kane at +600 and Steven Stamkos at +695.

Prediction: Alex Ovechkin

Vezina Trophy Winner Odds

The Vezina is given to the goaltender judged to be the best at his position. Up until the 1981-82 season, it was to the netminder that allowed the fewest number of goals during the regular season. Braden Holtby won it last year, and Carey Price won it the year before. This year, Price is the favorite to win at +345, with Holtby just behind him in the odds at +500. Ben Bishop, Henrik Lundqvist and Pekka Rinne are all priced at +800.

Prediction: Carey Price