2014-15 NHL.com Fantasy Hockey award selections

By NHL.com Fantasy Hockey Staff

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2014-15 NHL.com Fantasy Hockey award selections
NHL.com's team of fantasy hockey insiders reflect on the players that have defined the landscape in 2014-15 -- for better or worse.

With the 2014-15 regular season now in our rearview mirror, it's time for NHL.com's fantasy hockey insiders to reflect on players that have defined the landscape -- for better or worse.

Matt Cubeta, Pete Jensen, Matt Sitkoff, Brian Metzer and Evan Sporer have cast their votes, outlining the best fantasy players at each position based on eligibility in Yahoo leagues.

The list of year-end awards is also complete with the biggest underachievers and most notable rookies, as well as sleeper and bounceback candidates to keep an eye on for next season.

So, as we officially say goodbye to another compelling season, here are the 2014-15 NHL.com Fantasy Hockey awards.

NOTE: If a player is listed at multiple positions in Yahoo leagues, then it is the writer's choice to nominate that player for any eligible positional fantasy award. These picks reflect the most valuable, surprising and disappointing players for the 2014-15 NHL regular season.

AWARD MATT CUBETA PETE JENSEN MATT SITKOFF BRIAN METZER EVAN SPORER
Fantasy
MVP
Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin Carey Price
Runner-up Carey Price Carey Price Jamie Benn John Tavares Alex Ovechkin
MVP
C
John Tavares John Tavares Sidney Crosby John Tavares Jamie Benn
Runner-up Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby John Tavares Sidney Crosby John Tavares
MVP
LW
Jamie Benn
Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin
Runner-up Rick Nash Jamie Benn Jamie Benn Jamie Benn Max Pacioretty
MVP
RW
Alex Ovechkin V. Tarasenko Jakub Voracek
Jakub Voracek Rick Nash
Runner-up V. Tarasenko Jakub Voracek V. Tarasenko Jiri Hudler Jakub Voracek
MVP
D
Erik Karlsson Erik Karlsson Erik Karlsson Erik Karlsson Erik Karlsson
Runner-up P.K. Subban P.K. Subban Dustin Byfuglien P.K. Subban P.K. Subban
MVP
G
Carey Price Carey Price Carey Price Carey Price Carey Price
Runner-up Braden Holtby Braden Holtby Devan Dubnyk Braden Holtby Braden Holtby
Biggest Surprise Devan Dubnyk Devan Dubnyk Devan Dubnyk Devan Dubnyk Jiri Hudler
Runner-up Nikita Kucherov Andrew Hammond Nick Foligno Dennis Wideman Tyler Johnson
Biggest Underachiever Jeff Skinner Chris Kunitz
Patrick Sharp Taylor Hall
Matt Duchene
Runner-up Kari Lehtonen Zdeno Chara Kari Lehtonen Nathan MacKinnon Jeff Skinner
Standout Rookie
Filip Forsberg
Johnny Gaudreau
Johnny Gaudreau Mark Stone Johnny Gaudreau
Runner-up Johnny Gaudreau Aaron Ekblad Mark Stone John Klingberg Mike Hoffman
Bounceback candidate
Taylor Hall
N. MacKinnon Taylor Hall Taylor Hall
N. MacKinnon
Runner-up N. MacKinnon Patrick Sharp Mike Smith Patrick Sharp Evander Kane
Sleeper for next year Kevin Hayes
Jack Johnson Marko Dano Jonathan Drouin
Cam Talbot
Runner-up Aleksander Barkov Elias Lindholm Max Domi Kasperi Kapanen Teemu Pulkkinen

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