The story of the NHL season so far, besides inexplicably bizarre off-ice injuries, has been the incredible performances from hockey's next wave of stars.

Players like Macklin Celebrini , Connor Bedard , Leo Carlsson and Matthew Schaefer are populating nightly highlight reels and leading their teams into unexpected playoff contention. Could flirtation with the postseason lead to postseason hardware for these young standouts? Or are the NHL awards still on lock for the league's established stars, like the ones leading the Colorado Avalanche to an historic start in the standings?

Welcome to the NHL Awards Watch for December. We've polled a wide selection of Professional Hockey Writers Association voters anonymously to get a sense of where the wind is blowing for the current leader

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