MOSCOW, Oct 11 Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, Russia entered the top five contenders for the Hart Trophy in the 2022/23 season according to the results of a pre-season survey of hockey players of the National Hockey League (NHL), according to the official website of the league. The leader of the vote was Edmonton center forward Connor McDavid, who received 17 votes out of 49. Ten votes were received by forward “Toronto” Auston Matthews and the defender “Colorado” Cale Makar.Kucherov, Mitchell Marner (“Toronto”) and Nathan McKinnon (“Colorado”) received two votes. Six more hockey players, including the Russian forward “New York Rangers” Artemy Panarin, got one vote.
