NHL 2nd-half outlook: Trade deadline, MVP race and more outdoor games
There is plenty to play out over the next 2 1/2 months of the NHL season. The March 8 trade deadline, outdoor games on back-to-back days and the MVP race heating up between Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid are among the things to watch.
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![Reigning Hart Trophy winner Connor McDavid, left, is making a case to be MVP for the fourth time in his nine-year career. He trails the Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, right, by 17 points and Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov by 18 in the NHL scoring race. Two male hockey players, sporting the colours of the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche, battle for possession of the puck during a 2023 NHL game.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7104736.1707085569!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mcdavid-mackinnon-230219-1180.jpg)
There is plenty to play out over the next 2 1/2 months of the NHL season. The March 8 trade deadline, outdoor games on back-to-back days and the MVP race heating up between Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid are among the things to watch.