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Season-long award contracts are won or lost on rule details, not timing. Anyone evaluating the 2027 Hart Trophy winner market on Kalshi ahead of opening night faces 28 named player contracts, one shared settlement source, and an 84-game season between the first puck drop and any resolution. This guide lays out what each contract says, when the 2026-27 NHL schedule runs, and what to recheck before committing capital.
Primary sources checked: the NHL 2026-27 regular-season schedule release, the Kalshi API record for event KXNHLHART-27, and the CFTC designation record for KalshiEX. Every player name and ticker below comes from each market's own fields in a September 27, 2026 snapshot.
The event trades under ticker KXNHLHART-27, titled "NHL Hart Memorial Trophy" with the sub-title "2026-27 NHL season". Kalshi's metadata lists it under Sports, competition "Pro Hockey", scope "Awards", and flags the event as mutually exclusive with 28 single-player markets. The listed settlement source is the NHL (nhl.com). The event record shows a listed open_time of 2026-06-29T20:00:00Z, but it was not visible as open in a September 22 snapshot and was open by September 26, a reminder that award listings can appear as the season approaches.
All 28 markets use one rules template, with only the player name changing: "If <player> wins the NHL Hart Memorial Trophy in the 2026-27 NHL season, then the market resolves to Yes."
Three structural points matter more than the wording:
The NHL has not published a 2027 NHL Awards announcement date. No month or window is verified by any primary source, so any claim about specific ceremony timing should be treated as unconfirmed.
Names are verbatim from each market's yes_sub_title field, with the verified ticker in parentheses:
The 2026-27 regular season runs 84 games per team and an all-time NHL high of 1,344 total games, concluding Saturday, April 10, 2027. Opening night is Tuesday, September 29, 2026, when the Carolina Hurricanes raise their second Stanley Cup championship banner before hosting the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on ESPN at 5 p.m. ET. A Sportsnet doubleheader covers the Canadian openers, more games begin at 7 p.m. ET, and the Los Angeles Kings visit the Colorado Avalanche at 10 p.m. ET.
Two more markers from the NHL release: all 32 teams are in action on October 13, 2026, and again on the April 10, 2027 closing date.
A sibling event, KXNHL-27 for the 2026-27 Stanley Cup Finals winner with 32 team markets, remains open and is covered in a separate Kalshi View guide to the 2027 Stanley Cup winner market.
The event trades under ticker KXNHLHART-27 with 28 single-player contracts. Each follows one template: if the named player wins the NHL Hart Memorial Trophy in the 2026-27 NHL season, that market resolves Yes. The event is mutually exclusive, and Kalshi lists the NHL as the settlement source. Current rules and the active name list should be verified on the live market pages.
All 28 contracts carried a listed close_time of 2027-06-30T14:00:00Z in the September 27, 2026 snapshot. That field is a trading deadline, not a settlement or announcement date. The NHL has not published a 2027 NHL Awards date, so no ceremony timing is verified by a primary source. Treat the live Kalshi market page as the only current word on the close field.
Kalshi's event record lists the NHL (nhl.com) as the settlement source for KXNHLHART-27. Each contract resolves on whether its named player wins the NHL Hart Memorial Trophy in the 2026-27 NHL season. Because settlement rests on the league's own outcome, traders should follow NHL channels directly and reread the exact settlement text on Kalshi before trading.
Yes. The event is flagged mutually exclusive, and each market's rule names exactly one player. If the winner is not among the 28 listed names, every listed market can resolve No. That structural risk matters for anyone treating the field as complete, and it is a reason to recheck the event on Kalshi, since names can be added or removed during the season.
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