2018-2019 Best NHL Players: Voting Results Out Now

[Theokritos]

Most Sportsmanlike Players (24 ballots, max 144 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	Team:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Aleksander Barkov	F	Finland	Florida Panthers	8	6	4	18	94
2.	Ryan O'Reilly	F	Canada	Saint Louis Blues	6	4	1	11	70
3.	Patrice Bergeron	F	Canada	Boston Bruins	3	2	2	7	36
4.	Connor McDavid	F	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	0	2	3	5	22
5.	Anže Kopitar	F	Slovenia	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	3	3	14
6.	Steven Stamkos	F	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	1	1	0	2	11
7.	Jason Pominville	F	America	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	1	2	10
7.	Carey Price	G	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	1	0	1	2	10
9.	Morgan Rielly	D	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	1	1	2	9
10.	Sean Monahan	F	Canada	Calgary Flames	0	0	2	2	8

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Players who appeared on only one single ballot omitted.

 

[Theokritos]

Best Players (33 ballots, max 660 points)

Rank	Player:	Position:	Country:	Team:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	6th:	7th:	8th:	9th:	10th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Connor McDavid	F	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	651
2.	Nikita Kucherov	F	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning	7	10	8	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	603
3.	Sidney Crosby	F	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	10	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	33	570
4.	Nathan MacKinnon	F	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	0	2	7	6	5	4	2	1	2	0	29	471
5.	Patrick Kane	F	America	Chicago Blackhawks	0	0	4	3	6	5	3	2	1	3	27	407
6.	Alexander Ovechkin	F	Russia	Washington Capitals	0	1	2	3	4	1	2	1	3	1	18	273
7.	Victor Hedman	D	Sweden	Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	4	2	2	5	3	1	0	17	251
8.	Aleksander Barkov	F	Finland	Florida Panthers	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	5	19	238
9.	Patrice Bergeron	F	Canada	Boston Bruins	0	1	1	1	3	5	1	1	1	0	14	216
10.	Mark Giordano	D	Canada	Calgary Flames	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	11	160
11.	Brad Marchand	F	Canada	Boston Bruins	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	4	12	158
12.	Brent Burns	D	Canada	San Jose Sharks	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	10	131
13.	Erik Karlsson	D	Sweden	San Jose Sharks	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	7	103
14.	Leon Draisaitl	F	Germany	Edmonton Oilers	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	101
15.	Andrei Vasilevsky	G	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	6	84
16.	Seth Jones	D	America	Columbus Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	6	71
17.	Auston Matthews	F	America	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	69

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Players who made fewer than 5 ballots omitted as sample size becomes a distortive issue. Just compare the relative rankings of some of the defensemen here with their relative rankings in the defensemen table.

 

[Theokritos]

Best Referees (8 ballots, max 48 points)

Rank:	Name:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Wes McCauley	6	0	2	8	44
2.	Dan O'Halloran	2	1	2	5	25
3.	Kelly Sutherland	0	4	1	5	24
4.	Gord Dwyer	0	1	1	2	9

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Names who appeared on only one single ballot omitted.

 

[Theokritos]

Thanks to the 38 voters who submitted a ballot in one or several of the league-wide categories:

@Advanced stats
@amnesiac
@Avsboy
@BackToTheBasics
@Bubba88
@Canadienna
@CH
@Cyborg Yzerberg
@Damisoph
@Dumb and nobody
@Fenian24
@forty47seven
@Hennessy
@Honour Over Glory
@JackSlater
@King Weber
@Minnesnota
@Mlotek
@Mrb1p
@nyr2k2
@Paul4587
@Ranksu
@Rebels57
@seventieslord
@SI90
@Silky mitts
@Spektre
@Static
@Stealth JD
@The 6ix
@The Dallas Jims
@The Nuge
@The Red Line
@Trap Jesus
@Upgrayedd
@WarriorOfGandhi
@WTFMAN99
@Zman5778

 

[nyr2k2]

Thanks to the 38 voters who submitted a ballot in one or several of the league-wide categories:

@Advanced stats
@amnesiac
@Avsboy
@BackToTheBasics
@Bubba88
@Canadienna
@CH
@Cyborg Yzerberg
@Damisoph
@Dumb and nobody
@Fenian24
@forty47seven
@Hennessy
@Honour Over Glory
@JackSlater
@King Weber
@Minnesnota
@Mlotek
@Mrb1p
@nyr2k2
@Paul4587
@Ranksu
@Rebels57
@seventieslord
@SI90
@Silky mitts
@Spektre
@Static
@Stealth JD
@The 6ix
@The Dallas Jims
@The Nuge
@The Red Line
@Trap Jesus
@Upgrayedd
@WarriorOfGandhi
@WTFMAN99
@Zman5778

Thanks for putting this together.

 

[SI90]

Thanks to the 38 voters who submitted a ballot in one or several of the league-wide categories:

@Advanced stats
@amnesiac
@Avsboy
@BackToTheBasics
@Bubba88
@Canadienna
@CH
@Cyborg Yzerberg
@Damisoph
@Dumb and nobody
@Fenian24
@forty47seven
@Hennessy
@Honour Over Glory
@JackSlater
@King Weber
@Minnesnota
@Mlotek
@Mrb1p
@nyr2k2
@Paul4587
@Ranksu
@Rebels57
@seventieslord
@SI90
@Silky mitts
@Spektre
@Static
@Stealth JD
@The 6ix
@The Dallas Jims
@The Nuge
@The Red Line
@Trap Jesus
@Upgrayedd
@WarriorOfGandhi
@WTFMAN99
@Zman5778

It was a pleasure. Can’t wait to see the results. Thank you !

 

[wetcoast]

Voting will be open through Sunday, September 15th.

Looks like I missed this thread.

 

[Theokritos]

Looks like I missed this thread.

Your next chance will be in June 2020. Because I intend to run this again, but at the beginning of the offseason rather than in September.

 

[wetcoast]

Your next chance will be in June 2020. Because I intend to run this again, but at the beginning of the offseason rather than in September.

I'll look forward to it.

 

[JayKnowsHockey]

Wheres Bobrovsky in all this?

 

[Theokritos]

Wheres Bobrovsky in all this?

He's 5th among goalies:

Best Goaltenders (35 ballots, max 350 points)

Rank:	Player:	Country:	Team:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Andrei Vasilevsky	Russia	Tampa Bay Lighting	19	7	5	1	1	33	306
2.	Carey Price	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	4	7	4	6	4	25	201
3.	Ben Bishop	America	Dallas Stars	5	6	4	1	3	19	161
4.	John Gibson	America	Anaheim Ducks	4	3	5	4	3	19	153
5.	Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	5	0	5	6	17	126

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[Bubba88]

Binnington continues to be the most overrated player in the NHL imo.

It's only about last season and I think Binnington and his team did well after all.

 

[nbwingsfan]

It's only about last season and I think Binnington and his team did well after all.

I think a lot of people missed the “last season” part then.

Otherwise why is Matthews above Gaudreau/Stamkos/Scheifele?

Why is Malkin anywhere close to as high as he’s ranked.

 

[Theokritos]

Heads-up: "Best Players on your Favorite Players" will be published here next week.

 

[wetcoast]

Best Defensemen (37 ballots, max 740 points)

Rank	Player:	Country:	Team:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	6th:	7th:	8th:	9th:	10th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Victor Hedman	Sweden	Tampa Bay Lightning	15	9	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	36	676
2.	Brent Burns	Canada	San Jose Sharks	5	5	7	8	4	2	0	3	2	1	37	625
3.	Mark Giordano	Canada	Calgary Flames	10	3	5	4	3	2	2	1	3	0	33	570
4.	Seth Jones	America	Columbus Blue Jackets	0	7	2	4	1	5	3	4	4	2	32	492
5.	Erik Karlsson	Sweden	San Jose Sharks	4	4	3	3	3	6	0	1	2	3	29	469
6.	Roman Josi	Switzerland	Nashville Predators	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	0	29	434
7.	Alex Pietrangelo	Canada	Saint Louis Blues	0	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	2	1	28	423
8.	Morgan Rielly	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	1	1	4	6	3	5	4	1	2	27	402
9.	John Carlson	America	Washington Capitals	0	0	1	3	4	4	6	1	3	4	26	370
10.	Drew Doughty	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	3	2	3	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	19	312
11.	Kris Letang	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	4	12	157
12.	Jaccob Slavin	America	Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	8	95
13.	Colton Parayko	Canada	Saint Louis Blues	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	67
14.	John Klingberg	Sweden	Dallas Stars	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	66
15.	Shea Weber	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	62
16.	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Sweden	Arizona Coyotes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	59
17.	Miro Heiskanen	Finland	Dallas Stars	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	55
18.	Mattias Ekholm	Sweden	Nashville Predators	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	54
19.	Thomas Chabot	Canada	Ottawa Senators	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	49
20.	Charlie McAvoy	America	Boston Bruins	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	40
21.	Ryan Suter	America	Minnesota Wild	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	34
22.	Rasmus Dahlin	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	29
23.	Ryan McDonagh	America	Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	27
24.	Tyson Barrie	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	25
25.	Hampus Lindholm	Sweden	Anaheim Ducks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	25

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Players who appeared on only one single ballot omitted.

Wow Doughty at 10th after a down year for his team?

I guess the biggest thing is that he was only on 19 of 37 ballots but even Hedman who lead the field was missing from a ballot so who knows.

Even the Norris winner last year was missing from 4 ballots which is extremely hard to justify.

That's why I'm a huge fan of transparency in the actual voters for Norris, Hart ect....

 

[Theokritos]

Boston Bruins (6 ballots, max 60 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Patrice Bergeron	F	Canada	6	0	0	0	0	6	60
2.	Brad Marchand	F	Canada	0	2	4	0	0	6	50
3.	David Pastrňak	F	Czechia	0	4	1	0	0	5	44
4.	Charlie McAvoy	D	America	0	0	1	4	0	5	36
5.	Tuukka Rask	G	Finland	0	0	0	0	4	4	24
6.	Jake DeBrusk	F	Canada	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
7.	Kevin Miller	D	America	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
8.	Zdeno Chára	D	Slovakia	0	0	0	1	1	1	6
8.	David Krejčí	F	Czechia	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

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Voters:
@Fenian24
@Fenway
@Gee Wally
@Mr. Make-Believe
@TP
@Trap Jesus

 

[Theokritos]

Colorado Avalanche (4 ballots, max 40 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Nathan MacKinnon	F	Canada	4	0	0	0	0	4	40
2.	Mikko Rantanen	F	Finland	0	3	1	0	0	4	35
3.	Gabriel Landeskog	F	Sweden	0	0	2	2	0	4	30
4.	Cale Makar	D	Canada	0	0	0	1	1	2	13
5.	Samuel Girard	D	Canada	0	0	0	0	2	2	12
6.	Philipp Grubauer	G	Germany	0	1	0	0	0	1	9
7.	Tyson Barrie	D	Canada	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
8.	Nazem Kadri	F	Canada	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
9.	Carl Söderberg	F	Sweden	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

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Voters:
@Avsboy
@Hennessy
@tigervixxxen
@WarriorOfGandhi

 

[Theokritos]

Detroit Red Wings (6 ballots, max 60 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Dylan Larkin	F	America	6	0	0	0	0	6	60
2.	Andreas Athanasiou	F	Canada	0	0	3	1	2	6	43
3.	Anthony Mantha	F	Canada	0	3	0	1	1	5	40
4.	Tyler Bertuzzi	F	Canada	0	0	1	2	1	4	28
5.	Gustav Nyquist	F	Sweden	0	3	0	0	0	3	27
6.	Mike Green	D	Canada	0	0	1	1	0	2	15
7.	Jimmy Howard	G	America	0	0	0	1	1	2	13
8.	Filip Hronek	D	Czechia	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
9.	Niklas Kronwall	D	Sweden	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

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Voters:
@Cyborg Yzerberg
@JackSlater
@Mlotek
@The Red Line
@The Zetterberg Era
@Winger98

 

[Mlotek]

Wow Doughty at 10th after a down year for his team?

I guess the biggest thing is that he was only on 19 of 37 ballots but even Hedman who lead the field was missing from a ballot so who knows.

Even the Norris winner last year was missing from 4 ballots which is extremely hard to justify.

That's why I'm a huge fan of transparency in the actual voters for Norris, Hart ect....

Doughty had 0 votes in NHL voting of Norris.

2018-19 NHL Awards Voting | Hockey-Reference.com

The PWHA (Pro hockey writers) members are allowed to vote for both Norris and Hart among other awards.

A list of members can be found on their website, it is broken down by chapter (teams+special categories)

Home

 

[wetcoast]

Doughty had 0 votes in NHL voting of Norris.

2018-19 NHL Awards Voting | Hockey-Reference.com

The PWHA (Pro hockey writers) members are allowed to vote for both Norris and Hart among other awards.

A list of members can be found on their website, it is broken down by chapter (teams+special categories)

Home

I understand what the voters did but I think that THN got it right by listing him as their 6th best Dman in their recent top 50 players in the NHL.

The way voting works for Norris is that each voter ranks Dmen 1-5, if there was a 1-10 ranking doughty would have fared much better even with the horrible season the Kings had.

I think something as simple as having a decent partner this year (if they decide to keep Bjornfot) will propel Doughty back into a Norris type of season, even on a bad Kings team.

 

[Theokritos]

Edmonton Oilers (4 ballots, max 40 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Connor McDavid	F	Canada	4	0	0	0	0	4	40
2.	Leon Draisaitl	F	Germany	0	4	0	0	0	4	36
3.	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	F	Canada	0	0	4	0	0	4	32
4.	Oscar Klefbom	D	Sweden	0	0	0	2	2	4	26
4.	Darnell Nurse	D	Canada	0	0	0	2	2	4	26

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Voters:
@Bryanbryoil
@McDNicks17
@Soli
@The Nuge

 

[Theokritos]

Montreal Canadiens (7 ballots, max 70 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Carey Price	G	Canada	7	0	0	0	0	7	70
2.	Brendan Gallagher	F	Canada	0	3	3	1	0	7	58
3.	Shea Weber	D	Canada	0	3	2	2	0	7	57
4.	Max Domi	F	Canada	0	1	2	2	2	7	51
5.	Jeff Petry	D	America	0	0	0	1	2*	3*	16
6.	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	F	Finland	0	0	0	1	1	2	13
7.	Tomáš Tatar	F	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	2	2	12
8.	Phillip Danault	F	Canada	0	0	0	0	1*	1*	3

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*Petry and Danault shared 5th place on one ballot. I split each player's points for this ballot in half.

Voters:
@Canadienna
@donghabs98
@Lafleurs Guy
@Le Tricolore
@Lshap
@Mrb1p
@Treb

 

[Theokritos]

Toronto Maple Leafs (8 ballots, max 80 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Auston Matthews	F	America	7	1	0	0	0	8	79
2.	John Tavares	F	Canada	1	3	3	1	0	8	68
3.	Morgan Rielly	D	Canada	0	2	2	4	0	8	62
4.	Mitch Marner	F	Canada	0	2	2	3	1	8	61
5.	Frederik Andersen	G	Denmark	0	0	1	0	6	7	44
6.	Tyson Barrie	D	Canada	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

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Voters:
@Advanced stats
@BertCorbeau
@Damisoph
@seventieslord
@The 6ix
@ULF_55
@Warden of the North
@WTFMAN99

 

[Advanced stats]

Toronto Maple Leafs (8 ballots, max 80 points)

Rank:	Player:	Position:	Country:	1st:	2nd:	3rd:	4th:	5th:	Ballots:	Points:
1.	Auston Matthews	F	America	7	1	0	0	0	8	79
2.	John Tavares	F	Canada	1	3	3	1	0	8	68
3.	Morgan Rielly	D	Canada	0	2	2	4	0	8	62
4.	Mitch Marner	F	Canada	0	2	2	3	1	8	61
5.	Frederik Andersen	G	Denmark	0	0	1	0	6	7	44
6.	Tyson Barrie	D	Canada	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

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Voters:
@Advanced stats
@BertCorbeau
@Damisoph
@seventieslord
@The 6ix
@ULF_55
@Warden of the North
@WTFMAN99

Very interesting that we leafs fans picked Rielly over Marner...in an obvious small sample size

 

[Theokritos]

Very interesting that we leafs fans picked Rielly over Marner...in an obvious small sample size

And by the smallest margin.