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It's the Danis/Karlsson show this week in Chicago! Check it out:

Player - I am not sure if I can nominate a Goalie or Defenseman for POW, can I? If so, Yann Danis (see below). If not, nobody.

Defensemen - Erik Karlsson - 3 GP, 4 assists, +2 rating and pitched in with 2 blocked shots. A very strong showing considering only 4 players on the team were plus players this week. Also, he was the only Blackhawks defenseman who was a + this week.

Goalie - Yann Danis: he started all 3 games this week, and performed amazingly. He ended with a 1.62 GAA and a 0.951 save percentage as he went 2-1. In his one loss, he faced 46 shots. Did I mention he is rated 67 overall?

Rookie - Erik Karlsson, again. 4 points as a rookie in 3 games is amazing, but doubly so when that rookie is a defenseman.

Unsung - Yann Danis, again. My best players this week were all low-rated guys, and I had to choose which of three very solid guys - Danis, Adam Hall (2 points, +3) or Steve Downie (2 G and a +2 with lots of shots and hits) - to nominate here. Please see my entry above for Goalie. It is amazing that Danis is rated 67 overall as a goalie, which is the equivalent of a 57 OV player, and put up the numbers he did (to repeat: 1.62 GAA and 0.951 SV%). He is the main reason the Blackhawks won a couple of games this week.