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Quick NHL Season Players Preview

Anaheim
-MVP: Ryan Getzlaf
-Key New Face: Saku Koivu
-Sleeper: Andrew Ebbett
-Super Sleeper: Luca Sbisa

Atlanta
-MVP: Ilya Kovalchuk
-Key New Face: Nik Antropov
-Sleeper: Anssi Salmela
-Super Sleeper: Jason Krog

Boston
-MVP: Zdeno Chara
-Key New Face: Marco Sturm (back from injury)
-Sleeper: Matt Hunwick
-Super Sleeper: Vladimir Sobotka

Buffalo
-MVP: Ryan Miller
-Key New Face: Steve Montador
-Sleeper: Clark MacArthur
-Super Sleeper: Tyler Myers/Chris Butler

Calgary
-MVP: Jarome Iginla
-Key New Face: Jay Bouwmeester
-Sleeper: Mikael Backlund
-Super Sleeper: Mark Giordano

Carolina
-MVP: Eric Staal
-Key New Face: Erik Cole is back (still)... that means something, right?
-Sleeper: Brandon Sutter
-Super Sleeper: Drayson Bowman

Chicago
-MVP: Jonathan Toews
-Key New Face: John Madden
-Sleeper: Dustin Byfuglien
-Super Sleeper: Jack Skille

Colorado
-MVP: Paul Stastny
-Key New Face: Craig Anderson
-Sleeper: Chris Stewart
-Super Sleeper: Matt Duchene

Columbus
-MVP: Rick Nash
-Key New Face: Mathieu Garon
-Sleeper: Antoine Vermette
-Super Sleeper: Kris Russell

Dallas
-MVP: Brendan Morrow
-Key New Face: Karlis Skrastins
-Sleeper: Fabian Brunnstrom
-Super Sleeper: Jamie Benn

Detroit
-MVP: Pavel Datysuk
-Key New Face: Todd Bertuzzi
-Sleeper: Ville Leino
-Super Sleeper: Jeremy Williams

Edmonton
-MVP: Ales Hemsky
-Key New Face: Nikolai Khabibulan
-Sleeper: Patrick O'Sullivan
-Super Sleeper: Gilbert Brule

Florida
-MVP: Tomas Vokoun
-Key New Face: Steve Reinprecht
-Sleeper: Ville Koistinen
-Super Sleeper: Kamil Kreps

Los Angeles
-MVP: Dustin Brown
-Key New Face: Ryan Smythe
-Sleeper: Oscar Moller
-Super Sleeper: Teddy Purcell

Minnesota
-MVP: Niklas Backstrom
-Key New Face: Martin Havlat
-Sleeper: James Sheppard
-Super Sleeper: Benoit Pouliot

Montreal
-MVP: Andrei Markov
-Key New Face: Scott Gomez
-Sleeper: Max Pacioretty
-Super Sleeper: Jaroslav Halak

Nashville
-MVP: Shea Weber
-Key New Face: Colin Wilson (from Boston U.)
-Sleeper: Colin Wilson
-Super Sleeper: Alex Radulov (if he ever comes back)/ Patric Hornqvist

New Jersey
-MVP: Martin Brodeur
-Key New Face: Niklas Bergfors (from AHL)
-Sleeper: David Clarkson
-Super Sleeper: Patric Cormier

New York I
-MVP: John Tavares
-Key New Face: John Tavares
-Sleeper: Josh Bailey
-Super Sleeper: Jeff Tambellini

New York R
-MVP: Henrik Lundqvist
-Key New Face: Marian Gaborik
-Sleeper: Matt Gilroy
-Super Sleeper: Evgeny Grachev

Ottawa
-MVP: Daniel Alfredsson
-Key New Face: Pascal LeClaire
-Sleeper: Nick Foligno
-Super Sleeper: Erik Karlsson

Philadelphia
-MVP: Mike Richards
-Key New Face: Chris Pronger
-Sleeper: Ray Emery
-Super Sleeper: Matt Carle

Phoenix
-MVP: Shane Doan
-Key New Face: Adrian Aucoin
-Sleeper: Sami Lepisto
-Super Sleeper: Al Montoya

Pittsburgh
-MVP: Sidney Crosby
-Key New Face: Jay McKee
-Sleeper: Alex Goligolski
-Super Sleeper: Eric Tangradi

St.Louis
-MVP: Erik Johnson
-Key New Face: Erik Johnson (from injury)
-Sleeper: Paul Kariya
-Super Sleeper: Alex Pietrangelo

San Jose
-MVP: Joe Thornton
-Key New Face:
-Sleeper: Marc-Edouard Vlasic
-Super Sleeper: Logan Couture

Tampa Bay
-MVP: Martin St.Louis
-Key New Face: Matthias Ohlund
-Sleeper: Victor Hedman
-Super Sleeper: Antero Nittymaki

Toronto
-MVP: Luke Schenn
-Key New Face: Francois Beauchemin
-Sleeper: Jiri Tlusty
-Super Sleeper: Viktor Stralberg

Vancouver
-MVP: Roberto Luongo
-Key New Face: Mikael Samuelsson
-Sleeper: Mason raymond
-Super Sleeper: Kyle Wellwood

Washington
-MVP: Alex Ovechkin
-Key New Face: Brendan Morrison
-Sleeper: Eric Fehr
-Super Sleeper: Michael Neuvirth