"And the Hart Trophy goes to ... Connor McDavid."
At least that's who Las Vegas oddsmaker Bovada.lv thinks will capture the NHL's MVP award in the 2018-19 season. The Edmonton Oilers captain opened as a 10/3 favorite to win the award on Thursday.
McDavid, the 2016-17 recipient, was followed by Sidney Crosby at 13/2. Crosby has won the Hart twice in his Hall of Fame career, 2006-07 and 2013-14.
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Crosby is followed by a pair of Maple Leafs and the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner. Auston Mathews, John Tavares and Alexander Ovechkin have the third-best odds at 10/1.
New Jersey's Taylor Hall, who won the award last season, is 15/1.
Among other Penguins, Evgeni Malkin is 18/1 while Phil Kessel is 75/1.
Below is the full list, per Bovada:
Connor McDavid, 10/3
Sidney Crosby, 13/2
Auston Matthews, 10/1
Alexander Ovechkin, 10/1
John Tavares, 10/1
Taylor Hall, 15/1
Nikita Kucherov, 15/1
Nathan MacKinnon, 15/1
Mark Scheifele, 15/1
Anze Kopitar, 18/1
Evgeni Malkin, 18/1
Patrick Kane, 20/1
Claude Giroux, 25/1
Brad Marchand, 25/1
Steven Stamkos, 25/1
Vladimir Tarasenko, 25/1
Jack Eichel, 33/1
Jamie Benn, 40/1
Patrik Laine, 40/1
Nicklas Backstrom, 50/1
Filip Forsberg, 50/1
Johnny Gaudreau, 50/1
Ilya Kovalchuk, 50/1
Evgeny Kuznetsov, 50/1
Artemi Panarin, 50/1
Tyler Seguin, 50/1
Blake Wheeler, 50/1
Logan Couture, 66/1
Phil Kessel, 75/1
Joe Pavelski, 75/1
Aleksander Barkov, 100/1
Jonathan Marchessault, 100/1
David Pastrnak, 100/1
Alexander Radulov, 100/1