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 end-of-season 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 a 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 lead

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