An anonymous reporter decided to go against the popular opinion and placed McDavid at the fifth position for the trophy.
As you can see, it miserably failed:

We can't help but see that Pastrnak was someone's first choice.
It's admirable, but not enough to tip the scales in his favor.
Pastrnak is a good player, who's been extremely usefull to his team. At the beginning of the year, the Bruins had a lot of injured players and Pastrnak held the fort. But how can he even compete with McDavid?
We can't help but wonder if the person who voted for Pastrnak did it because he genuinely believed he should win, or he simply doens't like McDavid.
Do you think Pastrnak will win the Hart at some point in his career?
As reported on Blade of Steel - Sports writer tries to manipulate Hart Trophy vote, instead just embarrasses themselves
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JUIN 27 | 126 ANSWERS Sports Writer Embarasses Himself by Trying to Control Hart Trophy Votes Do you think Pastrnak will win the Hart at some point in his career? | ||
| Yes | 42 | 33.3 % |
| No | 84 | 66.7 % |
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