Brady McIntyre is my pick to be the cover athlete. Brady has been dominant force on the Blizzard blueline all season again, he has been elite defender for years, but somehow he managed to find a way to improve and results have been impressive! 50 games and 51 points, 12 + 39 as a defender is a disgusting total, even more so when you hear the following fact - Brady had the most points in Edmonton!

One of the key reasons behind McIntyre success in terms of getting more points than last year was the move of Ensio ´Human backpack´ Kalju into the first pairing and Connor Tanner moving next to Brady, Tanner - McIntyre was the best defensive pair in the league, McIntyre was and is the brains of that pair while Tanner tried to keep up and keep up he did.

What makes McIntyre more than just a offensively talented defender is his physicality, a whopping 127 hits is a solid number and only shows how important Brady has been for Edmonton this year - a true MVP.

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