Frozen Fantasy: First Half Surprises & Disappointments

So, we're just past the halfway mark of the season. Man, that sounds weird, doesn't it? It's time to take stock of the duds and the surprises.

This should inspire debate.

Now, the usual suspects are as studly as ever. Sidney Crosby is evoking Wayne Gretzky comparisons and will take home the Hart trophy. Steven Stamkos is a scoring machine. Evgeni Malkin was great before the injury and players like Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Ryan Getzlaf, John Tavares, Martin St. Louis and Eric Staal are glittering like gold.

Now to the fun stuff.

There are a lot of raspberries to be handed out so far this season. Who's more disappointing? Alexander Ovechkin, Drew Doughty, Ryan Miller...or all of the above? What about slow starters Miikka Kiprusoff, Claude Giroux, Phil Kessel, Nicklas Backstrom, Shea Weber, Henrik Lundqvist and Brad Richards?

And don't even get me started about the droughts of Marian Gaborik, Jordan Eberle, Thomas Vanek, Patr

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