We're going to be introducing some new features here at Defending Big D, the first of which starts today. We may introduce a "goat of the week" feature, but right now we'll just focus on the positives.

Now, I could sit here and tell you who I think was the player of the week but since this is a dedicated and fiery community we're going to put it up to a vote.

We'll do this every Monday from here on out. Let me know if you guys want to do a "goat of the week" and we'll get that running as well.

Here are the nominees:

Brad Richards: 1G, 1 Point; -2
James Neal: 1G, 1 Point; -2
Brenden Morrow: 2A, 2 Points; Even
Jamie Benn: 1G, 1 Point; Even (12 shots)
Mike Modano: 3G, 3 Points, +3 (10 shots)
Steve Ott: 1G, 2 Points, -1 (10 shots)
Toby Petersen: 2A, 2 Points, +2
Mark Fistric: 2A, 2 Points; +4