Ottawa Senators Regular Season MVP Poll

[alfie follower]

I'm doing this now as we're 80 games in, and I don't think the last 2 games should affect a vote after 80 games played... So, who do you think is the team's regular season MVP ?

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[Super Cake]

Hammond

 

[HavlatMach9]

Hammond: without his story, we would finish a disappointing season

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Easily Karlsson.

 

[mattsens]

Still have to go with Karlsson even though it could easily be Hammond's or Stone's to take too

 

[alfie follower]

I kinda wanted to add a Hammond/Anderson option, as I'm told Anderson was awesome in the first half of the season, but I didn't...

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

There are so many legitimate options here: Hammond, who backstopped a historical run? Karlsson, who's on pace to get a second Norris while dictating the play every time he's on the ice? Stone, who equalized Alfredsson's rookie mark and stands a good chance of beating it? Anderson, without whom we wouldn't have won enough to even be in contention? Turris, who stepped up his game HUGE down the stretch?

I have to go with Hammond. But it's damn close between him and EK.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Stone or Hammond for me. I can't decide.

 

[Super Cake]

It is Hammond for me. Yes Karlsson has been amazing, but we would not be where we are at without Hammond.

 

[SilverSeven]

Karlsson without a doubt. Team is in a lottery position without him.

 

[Six Assets]

Easily Karlsson imo

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Karlsson without a doubt. Team is in a lottery position without him.

We're probably in a lottery position without Hammond or Stone too. It's a tough call. Even Turris has stepped up huge.

 

[alfie follower]

Rick Nash won the Rangers MVP as per Rangers media votes, and the Players player MVP as voted by Rangers players today... which prompted this poll....

 

[SlapJack]

For me I went with Karlsson, he drives the team. But it was hard not to click on Stone...

 

[Super Cake]

Karlsson without a doubt. Team is in a lottery position without him.

We would be in a lottery position without Hammond.

 

[GreatStateofHockey]

Why is everyone saying we'd be in a lottery position without Hammond, Karlsson or Stone? We are in a lottery position right now.

Anyways, without a doubt it's Karlsson. He's the guy who made the whole team click. Hammond was great for Like 8 or 9 games but has only been good or average since. Sens are just scoring a lot of goals.

 

[Smash88]

Our season definitely turned around when Hammond started, but outside of 1 or 2 games, I can't really say he was the MVP of any of those games.

He was very solid, but I feel the team really turned it up too.

The straw (player) that stirs that drink (team), has been Karlsson.

I'll go with Karlsson, but Hammond is a close second.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Why is everyone saying we'd be in a lottery position without Hammond, Karlsson or Stone? We are in a lottery position right now.

Anyways, without a doubt it's Karlsson. He's the guy who made the whole team click. Hammond was great for Like 8 or 9 games but has only been good or average since. Sens are just scoring a lot of goals.

Still using the old term of lottery position which would be top 5.

 

[Karlsson2Turris*]

Bobby Ryan

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Media: "At some point this year they [Pageau, Stone, etc] have been a healthy scratch. What have they done down the stretch when the games have mattered to become so important?"

Cameron: "Played good."

Love it.

 

[alfie follower]

Media: "At some point this year they [Pageau, Stone, etc] have been a healthy scratch. What have they done down the stretch when the games have mattered to become so important?"

Cameron: "Played good."

Love it.

oops, forgot to put Pageau in the poll, my bad...

 

[HispanicAtTheDisco]

I went Karlsson, but I want to give a have serious HM to Methot just because we saw the difference with and without him

 

[KnuckChuckinTkachuk]

Id divide it almost into 4 groups:

The captain (Karlsson)
The Turris line (Michalek/MaC, Turris, Stone)
Goalies (Hammond/Anderson)
Energy line (Condra, Pageau, Lazar)

All could get votes, all big factors on how the historic run as taken place.

 

[LynxBud]

I love Karlsson and I think he is without a doubt our Most Valuable Player..

..however, without Hammond, we'd never be in the playoff hunt and people wouldn't even be considering Karlsson for the Norris right now.

So for THIS season, Hammond is the MVP for making this season so damn interesting and making our team one of the talking points among NHL analysts for the last while. Before he came in I was admittedly hoping Ottawa would finish low to get a solid player in such a deep draft. Seemed pointless to cheer on the Sens to win when we were so far down in the rankings.
I'd even admit that if we miss the playoffs, I'll still be disappointed as hell on missing out on the top 10 in this year's draft. Making the playoffs, even for a round, makes it worth it for me.

Regardless of Hammond's shakey games that he's had.. 18-1-2, there's something there.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Hammond. If he doesn't play at a .930 SP% (Crazy numbers for a career AHLer) he doesn't give the team confidence and so on. It's all him.

If he plays at a .900 or .910 clip this team isn't close to a playoff spot.