The leading four candidates are Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Chris Osgood and Henrik Zetterberg, and it may simply fall to what happens tonight as to who wins the playoff MVP.
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**FILE** Dallas Stars' Joe Nieuwendyk holds up the Conn Smythe Award following his team's 2-1 triple-overtime Stanley Cup win against the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo, N.Y., in this June 20, 1999 file photo. Nieuwendyk retired Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006 because of chronic back problems, ending a 20-year hockey career. (AP Photo/Don Heupel, File)