The playoffs start this week, so it is time to appoint an MVP from each team in the West. Good luck to everyone for their playoff pools!

Anaheim – Troy Terry 75-37-30-67

The season that Terry had was a tremendous boost to this roster as the Ducks had Trevor Zegras (75-23-38-61) and Jamie Drysdale (81-4-28-32) coming in with high expectations. Terry went out and had 23 goals in his first 40 games and in the second half of the season had 14 more in 35 games. Overall he had a shooting percentage of 19.3 on 2.6 shots per game. He is a career 14.4 percent shooter and has averaged 1.8s/g, so he will be hard-pressed to expand on his career-high in goals from this year.

Other considerations were Adam Henrique (58-19-23-42), Ryan Getzlaf (56-3-34-37) and Trevor Zegras (75-23-38-61).

Arizona – Clayton Keller 67-28-35-63

Keller was well on his way to setting his career-high in points (65 in 2017-18), but he went down with a season-ending injury after game 67. He still managed a career-high in goals with 28 and after three disappointing seasons of 0.57 to 0.63 pts/game he raised the bar this year at 0.94. He averaged over 20 minutes per game and after averaging about 60 percent OZ starts in his first four seasons, he saw that reduced to 47 with more responsibility. He didn't disappoint.

Other considerations were Shayne Gostisbehere (82-14-37-51) and Nick Schmaltz (67-23-36-59).

Calgary – Johnny Gaudreau 82-40-75-115

After Gaudreau put up 99 points in 2018-19 his play struggled the following two seasons with only 58 points in 70 games and 48 points in 56 games. This season he shut up most of his critics and posted career-highs with 40 goals, 75 assists and 115 points, not to mention leading the league in plus\minus at plus 64. He goes into unrestricted free agency at the age of 28 this year and if he has a good playoffs, his next contract will be north of $10 million AAV.

Other consideration were Matthew Tkachuk (82-42-62-104), Elias Lindholm (82-42-40-82) and Jacob Markstrom (63 GP, 37-15-9, 2.22 GAA, 92.2 save % and nine shutouts).

Chicago – Patrick Kane 78-26-66-92

Kane is now 33-years-old and just finished his 15th NHL season and has now played 1,107 games with 430 goals and 750 assists and 1,180 points to go along with two Stanley Cups. He is still churning out 1.17 pts/game and not slowing down offensively.

The other consideration for me was Alex Debrincat (82-41-37-78) who matched his career-high in goals and set his career-high in points this year.

Colorado – Nathan MacKinnon 65-32-56-88

MacKinnon hasn't played more than 69 games in the regular season for the past three seasons, but he's averaged 1.35 pts/g exactly each of those three years. After nine NHL seasons, he still hasn't reached 100 points, but surely will one day.

Other considerations were Cale Makar (77-28-58-86), Mikko Rantanen (75-36-56-92), Nazem Kadri (71-28-59-87) and Darcy Kuemper (57 GP, 37-12-4, 2.54 GAA, 92.1 save %, five SO).

Dallas – Joe Pavelski 82-27-54-81

The 37-year-old Pavelski just played his 16th regular season in the NHL and put up a career-high of 54 assists and 81 points. He's now played 1,168 games with 421 goals, 503 assists and 924 points but it seems like he is playing the best hockey of his career at the moment.

Other considerations were Jason Robertson (74-41-38-79) and Roope Hintz (80-37-35-72).

Edmonton – Connor McDavid 80-44-79-123

McDavid couldn't keep his six-year streak going of increasing his pts/game each season from his rookie year of 1.07 to last year at 1.88 as he only came in at 1.54 this year. His 123-point season is perhaps the most under-appreciated point total of the past 15 seasons, as he's been overshadowed a little by Auston Matthews and his 60 goals and the seasons that Gaudreau and Huberdeau have had as well.

He quietly set his career-high in goals, assists and points. His 123 points is the most since Joe Thornton had 125 and Jaromir Jagr had 123 in  2005-2006.

The other consideration was Leon Draisaitl (80-55-55-110).

Los Angeles – Anze Kopitar 81-19-48-67

Kopitar does everything well for the Kings. He leads them in scoring, he kills penalties, he takes faceoffs and is sometimes deployed in a shutdown role on this young team. At 34-years of age he has now played 16 seasons in the NHL with 1,210 games, 365 goals, 702 assists and 1,067 points.

The other consideration was Phillip Danault (79-27-24-51) who was excellent in his first season with the Kings.

Minnesota – Kirill Kaprizov 81-47-61-108

Kaprizov put up an incredible season in his second year in the NHL. It's hard to believe there were rumours that he might not have come back to the Wild after last season and that contract negotiations were a little tense at times. Wild fans can rest easy as he is under contract for four more years at $9 million AAV.

Other considerations were Kevin Fiala (82-33-52-85), Ryan Hartman (82-34-31-65), Mats Zuccarello (70-24-55-79) and Joel Eriksson Ek (77-26-24-50).

Nashville – Roman Josi 80-23-73-96

Josi should be a lock for the Norris Trophy this season after having one of the most impressive seasons by a defenceman in 30-40 years. We haven't seen 96 points from a defenceman since Phil Housley had 97 in 1992-93.

Other considerations were Filip Forsberg (69-42-42-84), Matt Duchene (78-43-43-86) and Juuse Saros (67 GP, 38-25-3, 2.64 GAA, 91.8 save %, four SO).

San Jose – Timo Meier – 77-35-41-76

Meier tailed off a little this season after a first half of 21 goals and 26 assists in his first 38 games with 14 goals and 15 assists in his last 39. Notwithstanding that, he was still the most impressive Shark this season and set a career-high with 35 goals, 41 assists and 76 points, 162 hits and 61 blocks.

Other considerations were Tomas Hertl (82-30-34-64) and Brent Burns (82-10-45-55).

Seattle – Jared McCann – 74-27-23-50

If Matty Beniers (10-3-6-9) or Brandon Tanev (30-9-6-15) played full seasons, they might be up for consideration ahead of McCann. I have to give credit to McCann as he followed up a good season last year with the Penguins and set career-highs with 27 goals and 50 points.

Another consideration was Yanni Gourde (74-21-27-48).

St. Louis – Vladimir Tarasenko 75-34-48-82

After last year, it seemed that Tarasenko wouldn't be with the Blues any longer after battling injuries for two seasons where he only played 34 games in total. He has bounced back this year and played the best hockey of his career. He set a career-high with 48 assists and 82 points and has one more year remaining at $7.5 million AAV. He could have been a member of the Kraken this season.

Other considerations were Pavel Buchnevich (73-30-46-76), Justin Faulk (76-16-31-47), Robert Thomas (72-20-56-76) and Ville Husso (40 GP, 25-7-6, 2.56 GAA, 91.9 save %).

Vancouver – J.T. Miller 80-32-67-99

There was plenty of discussion in Vancouver about wanting to move Miller at the trade deadline, but it never made sense unless a team was willing to massively overpay for him. Miller made strides in almost every facet of his game over last year, where he struggled in his own end and seemed to be frustrated all year. He came just short of 100 points this year and even though the Canucks missed the playoffs once again, Miller has one more year in Vancouver and will need to decide where he wants to be.

The only other consideration was Thatcher Demko (64 GP, 33-22-7, 2.72 GAA, 91.5 save %). Demko acknowledged at season's end that he tweaked something about a month ago and was trying to play through it as the team was still battling for a playoff spot. It is unfortunate as he was probably the only reason that the team was even in a position in the first place.

Vegas – Alex Pietrangelo 80-13-31-44

With all the injuries that the Golden Knights had this season, I'm not sure that this is fully deserved by Pietrangelo as this season was such a disappointment for this franchise after acquiring Jack Eichel (34-14-11-25) to help bolster Mark Stone (37-9-21-30), Max Pacioretty (39-19-18-37) and company. Pietrangelo in my opinion was just marginally better than the other players that were fully healthy this season.

Other consideration were Jonathan Marchessault (76-30-36-66) and Shea Theodore (78-14-38-52).

Winnipeg – Kyle Connor 79-47-46-93

In a year that the team as a whole was disjointed and didn't play as a unit on nights when it mattered, Connor had an exceptional season and he has set the bar to become a 50-goal scorer in this league. 36 of his goals were at even-strength with three others shorthanded to go along with eight PPGs. He shattered through any of previous career-highs.

The other consideration was Nikolaj Ehlers (62-28-27-55) who if healthy for 80 games might have made a difference for the Jets playoff hopes. Ehlers did see increased playing time and power play time this year.

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