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Early Season MVP
by PuckStopsHere on 10/21/08 at 01:34 PM ET
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Teams have played a few games and I think it is meaningful to pick an early season MVP. I like to track the MVP and other potential award winners throughout the season - and I will do so as the season progresses.
I think the early season MVP is Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals.
Semin is the other talented left wing on Washington (generally overlooked as he is behind Alexander Ovechkin). So far this season, in five games played Semin has 10 points, including six goals and a +6 +/- rating. This puts him second in the NHL scoring race behind Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh (who has two more games played and one more point).
Semin is having a bit of a bounce back season so far. Last year he slumped to 43 points and a -18 +/- rating that was among the worst adjusted ratings in the league.
If Semin can keep up his top level play, he will be a big part of the rise of the Washington Capitals.
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Yeah I agree that he would be the early pick, very different from the Kipper/Iginla/Luongo picks that everyone was making at the start of the season!
Posted by Mother Pucker Hockey on 10/21/08 at 02:12 PM ET
+4 in 7 games vs +7 in 5 games hardly makes Malkin worth mentioning.
The MVP should be an all-around player.
By March the contrast in GWG and SHG may be significant.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from the "NOT QUITE DEAD PIRATE" on 10/21/08 at 04:38 PM ET
1) Semin has been the benefactor of opposition playing their ‘shut down’ players against the Ovechkin line, freeig up semin to produce. If that trend continues look for teams to alter that strategy.
2) The ‘other Alex’ actually by many accounts has MORE offensive skill than his more celebrated team mate. Unfortunatly he lacks the ‘hockey sense’ and intensity that AO posseses.
Posted by Faux Rumors from Globally- Here, there, Everywhere on 10/22/08 at 12:06 PM ET
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