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