Before the NHL races ahead with its 24-team playoffs, RoryBoylen takes one last look back at the regular season and identifies an MVP for each team ⤵️
There are a few good candidates here on a team that was just starting to pick up the pace when the pause hit. Ryan Suter remains a rock, and Jared Spurgeon is an underrated contributor. Eric Staal played a lot of minutes, Zach Parise led the team in goals and Alex Stalock steadied the situation in net while Devan Dubnyk struggled. But Fiala gets the nod here.
When Crosby was out of the lineup this season, Malkin continued the tradition where he goes on a tear if the captain is missing.There was really not much to get excited for around the Sharks this season — and even our pick for team MVP fell off his offensive pace from a year ago. But Meier was the best the 29th-best team had to offer, leading them in even-strength scoring by a wide 12-point margin.
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