Half Season Awards

Time for the Half Season awards

Eastern Conference MVP - Alex Ovechkin Washinton Capitals. Clearly the best all around player in the game.
Runner up - Zack Parize . NJ Devils. Picked up his game when Brodeur went down to keep the Devils competitive

Western Conference MVP - Jarome Iginla- Calgary Flames. The other best all around player in the game.
Runner up - Daniel Sedin - Vancouver Canucks. The best of the twins is underated and overlooked by many. Luongo was great when he was there but who faces the top oppositon night in and night out?

Eastern conference Comeback player of the year - A Head above everyone- Simon Gagné - Flyers. only coming back was tremendous. Back in the elite all around players is unbelievable.

Western Conference Comeback player of the year - Patrick Marleau - SJ Sharks - Here is one player that enjoyed his new coach the most. The year I do not pick him in my pool, he excels.

Eastern conference Best offensive Defensman - Mark Streit - NY Islanders. Say what you want but to be one point being the leader on that team is quite an accomplishment. Someone in the Habs scouting team has clearly not done his job.

Western Conference Best offensive Defensman - Shea Weber - Nashville Predators. Leading goal scorer among D-man on a defensive team.

Eastern conference Best coach - Claude Julien - Boston Bruins. Can someone explain what happend in NJ two years ago ? that guy is a winner and should be a front runner for Team Canada at the 2010 Olympics.

Western Conference Best coach - Joel Quenville - Chicago Black Hawks. I did not like the Denis Savard firing at the time but force is to admit that it was a needed move. The Baby Hawks are doing all the right things right now.

Eastern conference Surprise player of the year - David Krejci Boston Bruins. Name me one person who predicted this guy to be 12 th scorer in the league at the half way point?

Western Conference Surprise player of the year - Devin Setoguchi SJ Sharks . Some would say playing with Thornton helps but Devin overtook the Cheechoo spot because he cold score.

Eastern conference Best Goalie - Tim Thomas - Bruins - Best GAA and best SV% in the league will give you that honor.

Western Conference Best Goalie - Nicklas Backstroms - Wild - On an offensive challenge team he posted the bets defensive stats. The system does help but he still needs to stop the pucks. 7th in save in the league. without him there is no hope for Minnessota this year.