Either Niclas Wastlund or Edouard Lavoie will win the Ideen Fallah Trophy

Against. Is there an argument Maine should be considered front-runners? Absolutely. Colorado finished second in preseason results last season, and won the Cup. Detroit were top the season before, and won the Cup. But the league's reigning MVP ended the preseason last season with a .894 save percentage, and Ubba Lodbrok outscored Froya Solberg. Seven games is way too small a sample size to justify that as an argument.