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Originally Posted by Har-Calgary
Hedman is a beast. He was, IMO, their MVP in their playoff run last season. Haven't paid much attention to them this run but judging by what people are saying, sounds like he might be their MVP during this run as well.
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I've been paying pretty close attention and I'd say it's a tale of two rounds. He was fine in round 1, but nothing to write home about. In that series, it was all Killorn/Johnson/Kucherov, especially Kucherov. But in the Islanders series, he was far and away the best player on either team. 8 points in 5 games while basically eliminating John Tavares as a factor. It was one of those rare instances where you see a guy just absolutely take over a series.
Hedman is fairly underrated and deserves to be considered among the elite defensemen in the league. He's top 10, arguably top 5.