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Unless you live in Florida, this shouldn't be a tough concept to grasp. We're giving you a ballot with six nominees for FHL's 2003 MVP award. All you have to do is pick the player you feel is most deserving of fantasy's highest honor. Now get out and vote!

FHL MVP CANDIDATES

Marty Turco Position: G Avg. Draft: 50.49 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM W-T GAA SPCT 55 31-10 1.85 .930 Notes: Entering the season, Dallas thought enough of Marty Turco to hand him the starting job and hand Ed Belfour a ticket out of town. Fantasy owners weren't so sure, waiting until the sixth round to pick Turco. That ranked him behind goalies like Martin Biron and Brent Johnson. Dallas knew what they were doing. A late-season injury that limited Turco's availability may cost him some votes, but no player provided a better return on investment.

Martin Brodeur Position: G Avg. Draft: 5.91 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM W-T GAA SPCT 73 41-9 2.02 .913 Notes: Brodeur can't match Turco when it comes to save percentage or draft value, but it's tough to argue with the raw numbers he posted for New Jersey. Always a workhorse, Brodeur appeared in more games than any goalie but Columbus' Marc Denis. Brodeur led the league in goalie points, and his goals-against average was third-best among goalies who played at least 50 games. Only Turco and Roman Cechmanek posted better goals-against averages.

Al MacInnis Position: D Avg. Draft: 35.21 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM G A PPSH PIM SOG 80 16 52 39 61 299 Notes: Fantasy owners knew one St. Louis defenseman would merit first-round consideration with the new defensive-points category, but most assumed Chris Pronger was that defenseman. But with Pronger felled by injuries, the aging MacInnis put together a season for the ages. How dominant was MacInnis? Only five defensemen earned positive scores on the Player Rater, and none of the other four were within two Rater points of MacInnis.

Todd Bertuzzi Position: F Avg. Draft: 25.58 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM G A PPSH PIM SOG 82 46 51 42 144 243 Notes: Bertuzzi might be the most valuable fantasy player in hockey, or he might be the second-most valuable fantasy player on his own team. Such is life with Markus Naslund in Vancouver. An offensive juggernaut who topped 40 points and 40 assists, Bertuzzi also does the dirty work for fantasy teams. Of the 21 players with at least 140 penalty minutes, no other player came within 40 points of Bertuzzi's offensive production, and only Scott Mellanby came within 60 points.

Milan Hejduk Position: F Avg. Draft: 66.63 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM G A PPSH +/- SOG 82 50 48 35 52 244 Notes: Like Bertuzzi, Hejduk suffers from comparisons to one of his teammates. But it isn't just Hejduk's 40-plus goals that earn him a nomination, even though only six players scored 40 goals this season. What really separates him from the crowd is a gaudy plus-52 rating, tied with Forsberg for best in the league.

Markus Naslund Position: F Avg. Draft: 12.56 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM G A PPSH +/- SOG 82 48 56 54 6 294 Notes: If you're a fan of raw numbers, Naslund is your kind of candidate. The first player to 100 points this season, Naslund is unmatched when it comes to goals and power-play prowess. All those points on the power play mean his plus-minus rating is merely average, but offense is the name of the game in fantasy hockey.

Peter Forsberg Position: F Avg. Draft: 8.50 Profile 2002-03 Stats GM G A PPSH +/- SOG 75 29 77 33 52 166 Notes: We tried to keep Forsberg off the list, we really did. After all, you know what happens when too many names end up on a ballot. But it's tough to have a MVP vote without the league's leading scorer. Three points in the season's final game pushed Forsberg to 106 points on the season. He didn't dominate goals and shots on goal like Naslund or penalty minutes like Bertuzzi, but it's tough to ignore the total points and plus-minus rating.