I would have to be against Benjamin Blue being league MVP. Blue is having a great season, and should certainly be in the conversation for it (given the amount of shots he faces), but I believe others may be more deserving. While Tampa Bay has the fewest goals allowed, only team with less than 100 at time of writing, they also have the fourth most goals for. So Tampa shows they have the offense to hang with just about anybody, except maybe New Orleans. Another key stat that works against Blue is the team’s penalty kill is just 10th best in the league. While it is still a team stat, the penalty kill is when the team needs the goalie to step up the most.

My pick is the point leader Mikhail Lokitonov (I know this is safe pick), simply because Toronto would not be in the playoff position they are now without his performance. The team gives up too many goals to be competitive without his offense.