Vote will count towards a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place vote based on the final count. 4 Days to vote Les Cunningham Award Awarded to the league's most valuable player. Criteria: The MVP may very well be the most difficult award to judge in a league like ours. Many factors must be considered other than what initially meets the eye. All of the following must be considered when determining those who should be nominated for MVP, in no particular order: 1) Production in relation to peers. Players who produce more statistically are generally the most valuable to their teams. 2) Individual record. Individual record is a very important and telling statistic. To be considered for MVP you should be posting at minimum a respectable record. 3) Linemates. This is mainly to note that a player should not be significantly punished during consideration for playing with a talented line. However, players should not significantly benefit during consideration simply for playing on a below average team or with below average linemates. 4) Strength of schedule. In a league where managers (and players, to a certain extent), are able to choose who they play against, it is important to consider strength of opposition when determining individual awards. The main things to examine here are record vs playoff teams as compared to record vs non-playoff teams, as well as statistical production vs playoff teams as compared to vs non-playoff teams. Specifically, a player who plays a majority of his games against stronger teams and has a quality record in these games should be rewarded over players who mainly play against weaker teams. As far as individual stats are concerned, it is expected that players will get more points against weaker teams. Players should only be downgraded in this area if they acquire a significant and disproportionate amount of their points in games against non-playoff teams. In especially tight cases between players, also consider evaluating the individual lineups that players face throughout the season. Subjectively quantify teams' 1st/2nd/3rd lines, and examine how many of each the players have played against throughout the season, in combination with playoff/non playoff. 5) Team performance. It is extremely rare for a player on a non-playoff team to win MVP. It shouldn't be cut and dry that your team has to make the playoffs to be considered, but note that it should take a rather herculean effort from a player on a non-playoff team to win/be considered for MVP. Examples of this are players on losing teams that display a winning record, significantly better individual production than the rest of their team, all while playing against top quality competition throughout the season. 6) Position. In the AHL, it is extremely rare for a non-forward to win MVP. For a defenseman or goalie to win/be considered for MVP, they would need to put up a seasonal performance that significantly stands out among the peers at their position, along with stacking up in the gauntlet of all other listed criteria. Fringe Teams for all these awards are Bridgeport and Milwaukee SouPerSaiyan Total Record: 21-5-1 45G 58A 103P +59 Playoff Teams Record: 12-0-1 38 Points Fringe Teams Record: 2-2-0 10 Points Non-Playoff Teams Record: 7-3-0 55 Points 19 PIM 389 GA / 65 TA 78% Scoring Factor 4.89 Team Goals For / Game 2.04 Team Goals Against / Game CH1L1X Total Record: 20-3-5 41G 41A 82P +44 Playoff Teams Record: 11-2-3 43 Points Fringe Teams Record: 2-0-0 8 Points Non-Playoff Teams Record: 7-1-2 31 Points 14 PIM 326 GA / 68 TA 73.2% Scoring Factor 4 Team Goals For / Game 2.11 Team Goals Against / Game Nifty Total Record: 24-1-2 45G 30A 75P +33 Playoff Teams Record: 8-1-1 20 Points Fringe Teams Record: 2-0-0 8 Points Non-Playoff Teams Record: 14-0-1 47 Points 7 PIM 328 GA / 61 TA 74.3% Scoring Factor 3.74 Team Goals For / Game 1.70 Team Goals Against / Game I F3ROCIOUS I Total Record: 22-3-2 33G 46A +52 Playoff Teams Record: 12-1-2 34 Points Fringe Teams Record: 1-1-0 5 Points Non-Playoff Teams Record: 9-1-0 40 Points 21 PIM 300 GA / 61 TA 73.1% Scoring Factor 4 Team Goals For / Game 1.67 Team Goals Against / Game skyre5 Total Record: 19-6-2 38G 48A 86P +43 Playoff Teams Record: 12-2-2 45 Points Fringe Teams Record: 2-2-0 6 Points Non-Playoff Teams Record: 5-2-0 35 Points 6 PIM 263 GA / 108 TA 72.9% Scoring Factor 4.37 Team Goals For / Game 2.11 Team Goals Against / Game
skyre getting mad disrespect on this voting, stats are way better then Ferocious and Nifty, 86 points while also having the most takeaways in the league, get this man some votes. Did I forget to mention he played half his games against playoff teams and got more then half of his points against them?
Sounds like youre talking about my stats and im not on that list. Hmmmmmm #MoistForSportsmanshipAward
The fact @GreatHAMbino67 is not on this list after posting arguably the best overall season ever for a G in the AHL makes your list trash.
Have you seen his record vs playoff teams? I agree he is a good goalie but it wasn’t that impressive, great goalie but not an MVP of the league
I, too, am both shocked and horrified that a team whose stats were built through their dedication to imitating fence posts is not receiving the respect of their peers.
It's nifty. @Waxi - best G on paper does not equal the best G in the game. edit: Put Hambino on the crunch for the first 4 weeks of the season and we'll see how good he really is. Hope you like breakaways!