Some belated awards for the best fantasy hockey players of the 2008-2009 season in terms of fantasy stats only. Some of these players should be quite obviously top picks for the upcoming season. Some were surprises, though, so be on the look out for other diamonds in the rough.
Best Forward Overall: Alexander Ovechkin
Runner Up: Evgeni Malkin
Best Left Wing: Alexander Ovechkin
Runner Up: Zach Parise
Best Right Wing: Jarome Iginla
Runner Up: Martin St. Louis
Best Center: Evgeni Malkin
Runner Up: Sidney Crosby
Best Defenseman: Mike Green
Runner Up: Andrei Markov
Best Goalie: Tim Thomas
Runner Up: Niklas Backstrom
Best Goal Scorer: Alexander Ovechkin
Runner Up: Jeff Carter
Best Assist Man: Evgeni Malkin
Runner Up: Sidney Crosby
Best +/-: David Krejci
Runner Up: Blake Wheeler
Best PIMs Producer: Daniel Carcillo
Runner Up: Shane O’Brien
Best PPG Scorer: Thomas Vanek
Runner Up: Alexander Ovechkin & Mike Cammalleri
Best Shorthanded Scorer: Mike Richards
Runner Up: Patrick Marleau
Most GWGs: Jeff Carter
Runner Up: Brad Boyes
Most SOGs: Alexander Ovechkin
Runner Up: Eric Staal
Best Shooting Percentage: Ryan Malone
Runner Up: Loui Eriksson
Most Wins: Miikka Kiprusoff
Runner Up: Evgeni Nabokov
Best GAA: Tim Thomas
Runner Up: Steve Mason
Best SV%: Tim Thomas
Runner Up: Tomas Vokoun
Most Saves: Miikka Kiprusoff
Runner Up: Niklas Backstrom
Most Shutouts: Steve Mason
Runner Up: Roberto Luongo