Predicting Every NHL Award for the 2027 Season

Every year, before a single puck drops, someone has to make the picks.
Some of them are obvious. Some of them are going to age brilliantly. And some of them are absolutely going to blow up in spectacular fashion.
But that's the fun of it.
The two thousand and twenty-six to twenty-seven NHL season is here. And it's time to predict every major award — the safe picks, the bold picks, and the one or two that might make you want to close the tab immediately.
Let's go.
Before we get into the picks, here's the context you need.
Last season's award table was dominated by Connor McDavid with his sixth Art Ross — the most by any player since Wayne Gretzky — and Nathan MacKinnon with fifty-three goals and the Rocket Richard.
Tampa Bay swept the team trophies. And Macklin Celebrini — who scored one hundred and fifteen points in just his second NHL season — somehow didn't even crack the Hart Trophy finalists, which might be the most egregious snub of recent memory.
That context matters for everything that follows.
Let's start with the rookie award.