Now, onto the potential candidates. Since there are 9 candidates, I will be addressing players three at a time, and I think the groupings of these players will be reasonable, given their particular paths in the SHL and their time here. Let’s start with the first grouping of players, and this should come as no surprise to those that have closely followed the Edmonton Blizzard: Jackson Rodgers-Tanaka, Chuck Goody, and Friedrich Muller!

We should all know the reason why these three are grouped together, but for those unfamiliar with the Blizzard stadium rafters, there sits a banner from almost 10 seasons ago that holds all three of these names. That banner, of course, is the S28 Blizzard Challenge Cup banner, where all 3 of these defenders were part of a team that was mainly dominated by this blue line trio’s dominance in two-way play. Rodgers-Tanaka led the team in scoring over Theo Kane, and Goody and Muller rounded out the top 5 on the team with brawny hits from Goody and solid shutdown blocks from Muller.