Theokritos
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- Apr 6, 2010
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Best Players (38 ballots, max 760 points)
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[/TBODY]Only the top 10 are presented because sample size is an issue with the variety of players and considerable differences to the positional rankings. Examples:
Rank | Player: | Position: | Country: | Team: | 1st: | 2nd: | 3rd: | 4th: | 5th: | 6th: | 7th: | 8th: | 9th: | 10th: | Ballots: | Points: |
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1. | Connor McDavid | F | Canada | Edmonton Oilers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 724 |
2. | Nathan MacKinnon | F | Canada | Colorado Avalanche | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 702 |
3. | Victor Hedman | D | Sweden | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 637 |
4. | Leon Draisaitl | F | Germany | Edmonton Oilers | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 572 |
5. | Roman Josi | D | Switzerland | Nashville Predators | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 470 |
6. | Nikita Kucherov | F | Russia | Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 449 |
7. | Artemi Panarin | F | Russia | New York Rangers | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 445 |
8. | David Pastrňák | F | Czechia | Boston Bruins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 336 |
9. | Connor Helleybuyck | G | America | Winnipeg Jets | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 170 |
10. | Jack Eichel | F | America | Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 153 |
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- Connor McDavid barely edged out Nathan MacKinnon in the Forwards voting, but is a clear step ahead here. A larger portion of those who had him as the #1 forward also thought of him as the Best Player in the league than the portion of MacKinnon supporters thought of their favourite forward.
- Artemi Panarin is a bit closer to Nikita Kucherov than in the Forwards voting. A larger portion of his backers rated him close to the top among all players in the league than the portion of Kucherov backers with their guy.
- Jack Eichel (10th, leapfrogs four forwards) and Sidney Crosby (14th, leapfrogs three forwards) benefit from the same effect. Droppers: Point (13th) and in particular Matthews (15th), Kane (16th) and Marchand (18th). Voters who had Eichel and Crosby high on their Forwards ballot were more likely to also rate them very high among overall players in the league.
- Seth Jones is the defencemen benefitting the most. He's 11th among Best Players, leapfrogging Pietrangelo, Carlson and Heiskanen. Carlson is 12th. The losers relative to the Defencemen voting are Pietrangelo (20th) and Miro Heiskanen (one ballot only).
- Another difference: Hellebucky's advantage over Vasilevskiy (17th) and Rask (19th) is bigger here than in the Goaltenders voting.