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Artemi Panarin [1296x729] (Credit: Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire)

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With the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs set to begin, will stars like Connor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov or Nathan MacKinnon win their first Conn Smythe Trophy, for playoff MVP? Last season's winner Jonathan Marchessault opened as a 200-1 long shot before his magnificent run.

Previous winners Cale Makar, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Ryan O'Reilly will each look to add more hardware to their shelves.

The Conn Smythe is often tied to the team winning the Stanley Cup. You can check out teams' odds of winning here.

Here is a list of every player's odds to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

All odds accurate as of publish time. For more, go to ESPN BET. 

Connor McDavid, Oilers, +1000 Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche, +1500 Artemi Panarin, Rangers, +1800 David Pastrnak, Bruins, +1800 Jake Guentzel, Hurricanes, +1800 Matthew Tkachuk, Panthers, +2000 Sebastian Aho, Hurricanes, +2000 Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers, +2000 Auston Matthews, Maple Leafs, +2200 Frederik Andersen, Hurricanes, +2200 Igor Shesterkin, Rangers, +2200 Aleksander Barkov, Panthers, +2500 Cale Makar, Avalanche, +2500 Connor Hellebuyck, Jets, +2500 Jake Oettinger, Stars, +2500 Leon Draisaitl, Oilers, +2500 Nikita Kucherov, Lightning, +2500 Jack Eichel, Golden Knights, +3000 Jason Robertson, Stars, +3000 Sam Reinhart, Panthers, +3000 Andrei Svechnikov, Hurricanes, +3300 William Nylander, Maple Leafs, +3300 Elias Pettersson, Cancuks, +4000 Jeremy Swayman, Bruins, +4000 Mark Stone, Golden Knights, +4000 Mika Zibanejad, Rangers, +4000 Quinn Hughes, Cancuks, +4000 Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning, +5000 Brad Marchand, Bruins, +5000 J.T. Miller, Cancuks, +5000 Jonathan Marchessault, Golden Knights, +5000 Roope Hintz, Stars, +5000 Thatcher Demko, Canucks, +5000 Adrian Kempe, Kings, +6000 Ilya Samsonov, Maple Leafs, +6000 Kyle Connor, Jets, +6000 Mikko Rantanen, Avalanche, +6000 Miro Heiskanen, Stars, +6000 Mitch Marner, Maple Leafs, +6000 Adam Fox, Rangers, +7500 Adin Hill, Golden Knights, +7500 Brayden Point, Lightning, +7500 Cam Talbot, Kings, +7500 Carter Verhaeghe, Panthers, +7500 Chris Kreider, Rangers, +7500 Filip Forsberg, Predators, +7500 Kevin Fiala, Kings, +7500 Mark Scheifele, Jets, +7500 Zach Hyman, Oilers, +7500 Alexandar Georgiev, Avalanche, +10000 Brent Burns, Hurricanes, +10000 Brock Boeser, Cancuks, +10000 Charlie McAvoy, Bruins, +10000 Ilya Sorokin, Islanders, +10000 Jamie Benn, Stars, +10000 Joe Pavelski, Stars, +10000 Juuse Saros, Predators, +10000 Linus Ullmark, Bruins, +10000 Logan Thompson, Golden Knights, +10000 Martin Necas, Hurricanes, +10000 Pyotr Kochetkov, Hurricanes, +10000 Roman Josi, Predators, +10000 Semyon Varlamov, Islanders, +10000 Steven Stamkos, Lightning, +10000 Tomas Hertl, Golden Knights, +10000 Valeri Nichushkin, Avalanche, +10000 William Karlsson, Golden Knights, +10000 Anze Kopitar, Kings, +15000 Brandon Montour, Panthers, +15000 Chandler Stephenson, Golden Knights, +15000 Drew Doughty, Kings, +15000 Evan Bouchard, Oilers, +15000 John Tavares, Maple Leafs, +15000 Josh Morrissey, Jets, +15000 Matt Duchene, Stars, +15000 Quinton Byfield, Kings, +15000 Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes, +15000 Shea Theodore, Golden Knights, +15000 Teuvo Teravainen, Hurricanes, +15000 Vladimir Tarasenko, Panthers, +15000 Alex Pietrangelo, Golden Knights, +20000 Bo Horvat, Islanders, +20000 Brock Nelson, Islanders, +20000 Noah Dobson, Islanders, +20000 Ryan O'Reilly, Predators, +20000 Stuart Skinner, Oilers, +20000 Tyler Toffoli, Jets, +20000 Victor Hedman, Lightning, +20000 Alex Ovechkin, Ma, +25000 Charlie Lindgren, Capitals, +25000 Dylan Strome, Capitals, +25000 John Carlson, Capitals, +25000