I am sure that a lot of the focus is going to be on the Quebec City Citadelles and their top line who by all accounts have absolutely torn up the league this season. In particular Cristoforo Roccamontepiano and Randolph Thompson Smythe have been a powerful duo both at even strength as well as on the man advantage putting up 222 points as a pair with 91 of those coming on the powerplay. Roccamontepiano is probably the apple of the voters eye although I would argue that being a centre and having more points on the powerplay diminishes some of the advantage that he has over his line mate. Katherina Rosenthal almost single handedly dragged the Newfoundland Berserkers to second place in the standings with an incredible 23.83 goals saved above average contributing to a league leading 36 wins and although goalies hardly get a look in in the modern day shl she has surely put forward a strong case to the commitee.