I believe this year’s MVP should have many different, yet valid reasons for candidates to receive this coveted award. To me, the clear standouts are Samedi of COL, Gil-Galad of GF and Steelflex of ANC.

It is hard to argue against Samedi’s clear influence on COL’s success. Scoring 44 goals, of which 7 were game winning, completely alters the state in which COL would find themselves within the standings. Playing the hard, top line minutes vs opposing teams best players is no easy task and doing it while also driving your team towards the upper seats in the standings is a huge success from Samedi’s efforts this season.

I wanted to particularly shout out Gil-Galad as, many focus on the counting stats in hockey without looking any deeper. Gil-Galad is clearly the backbone of GF posting an insane GSAA of 22.95. That alone is proof of how many low scoring games GF potentially stole away off Gil-Galad standing literally on their head. Without this performance, who knows where GF finds themselves come playoff time.

The last player I wanted to notate was Steelflex of ANC. Leading a 2nd place finishing team in points despite you’re entire team also producing on an elite level just shows that they still remain one step ahead in driving ANC towards success.

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