Fantasy hockey awards for 2018-19 season

NHL.com fantasy editors Pete Jensen and Rob Reese identify the most valuable fantasy players for each position and biggest surprises and disappointments at the end of the 2018-19 season (selections made April 3, 2019). For more fantasy coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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DIVISION PREVIEWS:
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Central
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Metropolitan
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Pacific
Overall MVP
Jensen's pick: Nikita Kucherov, TBL
Reese's pick: Nathan MacKinnon, COL
Center MVP
Consensus pick: Nathan MacKinnon, COL

Biggest center surprise
Jensen's pick: Mika Zibanejad, NYR
Reese's pick: David Krejci, BOS
Left wing MVP
Jensen's pick: Alex Ovechkin, WSH
Reese's pick: Brad Marchand, BOS
Biggest LW surprise
Jensen's pick: Gabriel Landeskog, COL
Reese's pick: Max Domi, MTL
Right wing MVP
Jensen's pick: Nikita Kucherov, TBL
Reese's pick: Patrick Kane, CHI

Biggest RW surprise
Jensen's pick: Josh Anderson, CBJ
Reese's pick: Elias Lindholm, CGY
Defenseman MVP
Jensen's pick: Brent Burns, SJS
Reese's pick: Mark Giordano, CGY
Biggest D-man surprise
Consensus pick: Erik Gustafsson, CHI
Goalie MVP
Jensen's pick: Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL
Reese's pick: Ben Bishop, DAL

Biggest goalie surprise
Jensen's picks: Robin Lehner and Thomas Greiss, NYI
Reese's pick: Jordan Binnington, STL
Biggest fantasy disappointment (forward):
Jensen's pick: Patrik Laine, WPG
Reese's pick: Anze Kopitar, LAK
Biggest fantasy disappointment (defenseman):
Consensus pick: Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI
Biggest fantasy disappointment (goalie):
Jensen's pick: Jonathan Quick, LAK
Reese's pick: Martin Jones, SJS
Top rookie
Consensus pick: Elias Pettersson, VAN
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