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With every team now having played 40+ games, it’s a great time to reflect on the season so far and look at some of the incredible performances we’ve seen from players around the league.

When Leon Draisaitl won his first Hart Trophy in 2019-20, he made his case during a stretch when teammate Connor McDavid was out with an injury. The Oilers had missed the playoffs in back-to-back years in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and found themselves back in the mix in 2019-20 after a hot start to the season.

It’s always a solid bet that the Edmonton Oilers are going to be well-represented at the NHL Awards in the summer. That’s not just because the team boasts the game’s top player in Connor McDavid, a perennial favourite to lead the league in scoring and be voted as the Most Valuable Player.

The last goaltender to win the Hart Trophy was Carey Price in 2014-15. Jay Onrait and Pierre LeBrun agreed that it was rare for a goalie to win the award. LeBrun added that the Vezina Trophy, an award solely for goalies, made winning the Hart tougher for them.

Ovechkin & Co. are back on top according to our voters. And at the midway point of the season, we identify the best fantasy player for all 32 clubs.

Jan. 26, 2025

The Edmonton Oilers got a front-row seat to the 2021-22 Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche. They dropped two of three regular season games and got absolutely bowled over by them in the Western Conference Finals that year,

Toronto's Auston Matthews and Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon are the highest-paid NHL players this season, but Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl will pass them.

Our updated fantasy hockey rankings sees movement in the top 250, with Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews battling for the top spot.

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He also endured a few rocky seasons with the Sabres that ended in him being bought out. In his first year with the Edmonton Oilers, he’s gone from a high-profile free-agent signee to someone struggling to get into the lineup.