OHL Coaches Poll - My Ballot (2016)

The 2016 OHL Coaches Poll should be released sometime next week, or the week after. Each year, I've made it a habit of creating my own ballot to try and predict what the results would look like. Whenever I put this list together, I'm always reminded of how much talent this league has to offer. Some of these categories (like best playmaker, or smartest player) are so tough to decide on. Also this year, predicting the top faceoff man is a little less fun because the OHL has finally decided to keep that stat.

Of course, I feel like I need to repeat that this is my own subjective list and NOT the official results for the poll. 

Without further ado, here's my 2016 ballot.

Most Underrated Player

EAST
1. Juho Lammikko
2. Matthew Mancina
3. Justin Scott & Mathew Santos (TIE)

WEST
1. Aaron Luchuk
2. Kyle Maksimovich
3. Michael McNiven & Gustaf Franzen (TIE)

Most Improved Player

EAST
1. Spencer Watson
2. Nathan Bastian
3. Mathew Santos & Jeremy Helvig (TIE)

WEST
1. Aaron Luchuk
2. Devin Williams
3. Artem Artemov & James McEwan (TIE)

Smartest Player

EAST
1. Michael Dal Colle
2. Mike Amadio
3. Kevin Labanc, Andrew Mangiapane, & Roland McKeown (TIE)

WEST
1. Christian Dvorak
2. Mitchell Marner
3. Dylan Strome, Travis Konecny, & Matthew Tkachuk (TIE)

Hardest Worker

EAST
1. Lawson Crouse
2. Michael McLeod
3. Mathew Santos

WEST
1. Travis Konecny
2. Alex Debrincat
3. Sam Studnicka

Best Playmaker

EAST
1. Josh Ho-Sang
2. Kevin Labanc
3. Spencer Watson & Cam Dineen

WEST
1. Mitch Marner
2. Matthew Tkachuk
3. Dylan Strome

Most Dangerous in the Goal Area

EAST
1. Michael Dal Colle
2. Andrew Mangiapane
3. Mike Amadio & Spencer Watson (TIE)

WEST
1. Alex Debrincat
2. Brendan Lemeiux
3. Zach Senyshyn & Christian Dvorak (TIE)

Best Skater

EAST
1. Michael McLeod
2. Roland McKeown
3. Vince Dunn & Sean Day (TIE)

WEST
1. Travis Konecny
2. Jakob Chychrun
3. Zach Senyshyn

Best Shot

EAST
1. Michael Dal Colle
2. Mike Amadio
3. Alex Nylander

WEST
1. Alex Debrincat
2. Dylan Strome
3. Christian Dvorak & Mikhail Sergachev (TIE)

Hardest Shot

EAST
1. Stepan Falkovsky
2. Stephen Desrocher
3. Nicolas Hague

WEST
1. Mikhail Sergachev
2. Jakob Chychrun
3. Dylan Strome

Best Stickhandler

EAST
1. Josh Ho-Sang
2. Alex Nylander
3. Kevin Labanc

WEST
1. Mitch Marner
2. Dylan Strome
3. Travis Konecny

Best on Faceoffs

EAST
1. Michael McLeod
2. Jordan Maletta
3. Mike Amadio

WEST
1. Sam Studnicka
2. Christian Dvorak
3. Jake Marchment

Best Body Checker

EAST
1. Lawson Crouse
2. Cameron Lizotte
3. Riley Stillman

WEST
1. Max Jones
2. Jacob Friend
3. Givani Smith & Brandon Crawley

Best Shot Blocker

EAST
1. Roland McKeown
2. Jacob Middleton
3. Matt Spencer

WEST
1. Jacob Graves
2. Sam Studnicka
3. Travis Dermott

Best Defensive Forward

EAST
1. Juho Lammikko
2. Mike Amadio
3. Michael McLeod

WEST
1. Christian Dvorak
2. Sam Studnicka
3. Jake Marchment

Best Penalty Killer

EAST
1. Mike Amadio
2. Roland McKeown
3. Dylan Sadowy, Kevin Labanc & Mathew Santos (TIE)

WEST
1. Christian Dvorak
2. Jake Marchment
3. Pavel Zacha

Best Offensive Defenceman

EAST
1. Rasmus Andersson
2. Vince Dunn
3. Cam Dineen

WEST
1. Mikhail Sergachev
2. Vili Saarijarvi
3. Jakob Chychrun & Miles Liberati (TIE)

Best Defensive Defenceman

EAST
1. Roland McKeown
2. Jacob Middleton
3. Matt Spencer & Dominik Masin (TIE)

WEST
1. Travis Dermott
2. Jakob Chychrun
3. Dylan Di Perna & Jacob Graves (TIE)

Best Puck Handling Goalie

EAST
1. Jake Smith
2. Lucas Peressini
3. Alex Nedeljkovic

WEST
1. Michael McNiven
2. Tyler Parsons
3. Brandon Halverson

Best Shootout Shooter

EAST
1. Andrew Mangiapane
2. Alex Nylander
3. Michael Dal Colle

WEST
1. Dylan Strome
2. Petrus Palmu
3. Blake Speers

Best Shootout Goalie

EAST
1. Jack Flinn
2. Alex Nedeljkovic
3. Jeremy Helvig

WEST
1. Devin Williams
2. Michael Giugovaz
3. Charlie Graham