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So like I said yesterday, this week I really wanted to find out who everyone else in the game thought were this year’s favorites for all the year-end hardware.

What I did, was last Thursday sent the players out a poll asking them just that, and those results will be out later this afternoon.

I also wanted to check in with our crew here at the Insider (and we’re a nasty bunch so don’t F with us or Lauren will potentially hug you to death and Jenner might well… don’t even wanna go there but it involves him opening a door at just the right second and then claiming he didn’t know what he was doing).

Anyways, spent my morning tallying the Insider’s votes, which somehow became more difficult than it should have been, but that’s cool, just thankful all of them except Fixler got back to me (did Langtry gut ‘em already?!?!?).

Everyone’s picks can be found below, but just to sum stuff up so you don’t have to add everything up yourself, here’s what our votes said (oh yeah, added an extra one in there too just for sh**s and giggles, can be found in each person’s own picks)…

MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings
Defender   Ryan Cousins, Minnesota Swarm
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Darris Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
General Manager   Lindsay Sanderson, Philadelphia Wings

There ya have it folks. That’s who we, the posse known as the Insiders (the name is tougher than the crew), think are gonna walk away with the major awards at the end of the year, outside of a guy stepping up huge in these last few weeks of the regular season. Hit the boards and drop your own picks like we did below, and make sure to check in later this afternoon for the player’s take on the season too. And to the five or six guys that keep just rifling 1’s off for most people’s work on here (amazed you can read ten articles in the span of two minutes and have the time to dish out 1’s for every article… fast reader or pathetic?), why don’t you grow a pair and make some picks yourself instead of hiding behind your keyboard. You know who you are (and so do I).

LAUREN WARD, Editor
MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings
Defender   John Gallant, Colorado Mammoth
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Dave Huntley, Philadelphia Wings
General Manager   Bob Hamley, Edmonton Rush
Underrated   Rob Marshall, Toronto Rock

CHRIS HALL, Insider
MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings
Defender   Ryan Cousins, Minnesota Swarm
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Adam Mueller, New York Titans
General Manager   Marty O’Neill, Minnesota Swarm
Underrated   Pat Maddalena, New York Titans

STEVE KOJIMA, Editor
MVP   Casey Powell, New York Titans
Defender   No pick, too hard to tell on B2 feed
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Dewey Jacobs, Minnesota Swarm
General Manager   Lindsay Sanderson, Philadelphia (based on last two seasons)or Bob Hamley, Edmonton Rush (based on last two weeks)
Underrated   Ryan Ward, Minnesota Swarm

TED JENNER, Insider
MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings (or Bob Watson if Toronto makes the post-season)
Defender   Eric Martin, San Jose Stealth
Goalie   Anthony Cosmo, San Jose Stealth
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Darris Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
General Manager  Lindsay Sanderson, Philadelphia Wings (or Bob Hamley if Edmonton makes the playoffs)
Underrated   Chris McElroy, Edmonton Rush

BRIAN SHANAHAN, Senior Writer
MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings
Defender   Bruce Murray, Colorado Mammoth
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Geoff Snider, Philadelphia Wings
Rookie   Craig Point, Minnesota Swarm
Coach   Darris Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
General Manager   Lindsay Sanderson, Philadelphia Wings
Underrated   Scott Ranger, Calgary Roughnecks

TY PILSON, Editor
MVP   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Defender   Ryan Cousins, Minnesota Swarm
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Craig Point, Minnesota Swarm
Coach   Adam Mueller, New York Titans
General Manager   Bob Hamley, Edmonton Rush
Underrated   Scott Ranger, Calgary Roughnecks

BOB CHAVEZ, Managing Editor
MVP   Mike Thompson, Kenny Montour and Dan Sams, Buffalo Bandits (Team award to Buffalo goaltenders: They’ve had 3 different guys in there and they’re keeping a team in the playoff mix that’s been crushed by injury.)
Defender   Ryan Cousins, Minnesota Swarm
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Bandits
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Darris Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
General Manager   Bob Hamley, Edmonton Rush
Underrated   Matt Vinc, New York Titans

PAUL TUTKA, Managing Editor
MVP   Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Wings
Defender   Ryan Cousins, Minnesota Swarm
Goalie   Bob Watson, Toronto Rock
Transition   Brodie Merrill, Portland Lumberjax
Rookie   Jordan Hall, New York Titans
Coach   Adam Mueller, New York Titans
General Manager   Lindsay Sanderson, Philadelphia Wings
Underrated   Scott Stewart, Portland Lumberjax

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