@Yagoyi I get your frustration, it was a very close vote and I actually pushed for Kikuchi quite a bit in the last round of the nomination process but was ultimately outvoted. I think the main argument against your player for the other voters was indeed the additional ice time you got, especially on the Powerplay, as well as the very bad takeaway-giveaway ratio. Some voters seem to be very sensitive in regards to GMs playing their own players a lot after some examples of that in the past, which might have worked against you here. I don't really agree with that, just trying to show you what some of the internal arguments were that lead to this decision. And it ultimately came down to a tiebreaker, so it was very close nontheless.