2014-15 NHL.com Fantasy Hockey award selections

Friday, 04.17.2015 / 12:00 PM
NHL.com Fantasy Hockey Staff

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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