Earlier this season I created the ?Ice Impact Counter? or IIC, which is the hockey version of the FIC that is used in basketball and baseball to measure individual efficiency. We use this stat to rank players and determine their Reina Value, which is a valuation system that helps gauge what a player is really worth fiscally. Click here for more info about the IIC and Reina Value Below are the IIC leaders through the first two series of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs and is a good indicator of who may end up winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. 1. Johan Franzen, DET: 52 (5.25) Franzen had nine goals in four games against Colorado and made nine of his 23 shots on goal. The Red Wings? right winger only had an IIC of 67 (143rd overall) for the entire 2007-08 season, but at a salary of $900k, he still had a +233% Reina Value; factoring in this unreal outburst in the Conference Semifinals, and he is extraordinarily valuable. 2. Brenden Morrow, DAL: 32 (2.70) He is the ultimate do-everything captain and is the kind of guy you love to hate and would love to have on your team. He has scored seven goals including the series-winning walk-off in the fourth overtime on Sunday night/Monday morning against the Sharks. 3. Marty Turco, DAL: 32 (2.68) Turco was the 23rd best goalie in the regular season according to IIC but has been playing out of his mind this postseason. He has a 0.93 save percentage and has been especially valuable to the Stars in how he comes out of the net to minimize wasted time on power play clears. 4. Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT: 32 (3.52) Fleury has upped his career-best regular season .921 SV% to .938 against the Senators and Rangers. 5. Daniel Briere, PHI: 31 (2.57) As the $10 million man Briere had a -65% Reina Value as the 113th most productive player in the NHL, but he has helped lead the Flyers into the Eastern Conference Finals with eight goals (three game-winners) and six assists. 6. R.J. Umberger, PHI: 30 (2.55) Umberger had a shot percentage of 7.5 during the regular season but it is up to 25.0% in the playoffs, as he has scored nine goals. 7. Henrik Zetterberg, DET: 30 (2.97) Zetterberg has 13 points and a +10 for the very mighty Red Wings. 8. Martin Biron, PHI: 30 (2.46) Biron has the highest GAA (2.72) of any of the remaining goalies. 9. Pavel Datsyuk, DET: 29 (2.91) Datsyuk had the third highest IIC during the regular season and has 13 points in just 10 games in the playoffs. 10. Nicklas Lidstrom, DET: 28 (2.76) Lidstrom was the highest ranked IIC player in the entire NHL this season and continues to make a very strong argument that he is the best three or four defenseman in the history of the game. 11. Joe Pavelski, SJS: 27 (2.11) Pavelski had the Sharks? game-winning goal in three of their six playoff wins. 12. Mattias Norstrom, DAL: 27 (2.11) Norstrom was ranked 370th in IIC this season but has been on the receiving end of some brilliant passes from Mike Ribeiro and company on key goals and has been excellent on the blueline. 13. Sidney Crosby, PIT: 26 (2.90) Crosby leads everyone in assists with 12 and has shown some playoff toughness. Will he continue his brilliant play in Philadelphia where he is not so affectionately called Hatey Seven? 14. Mike Knuble, PHI: 26 (3.70) The Flyers? right winger Knuble has seven points and a +5. 15. Jaromir Jagr, NYR: 26 (2.58) If this was indeed Jagr?s final run in the NHL, his individual performance will surely be a nice conclusion to his legacy as he had 15 points in just 10 games. 16. Evgeni Malkin, PIT: 24 (2.70) Malkin has 14 points and two game-winners, but his bizarrely slow penalty shot against Lundqvist wasn?t one of those highlights. 17. Mike Ribeiro, DAL: 24 (2.01) Ribeiro has 11 assists and three goals this postseason. 18. Niklas Kronvall, DET: 23 (2.32) Kronvall was ranked 91st in IIC in the regular season and is starting to gain on his fellow Detroit blueliner Lidstrom. 19. Dan Ellis, NSH: 23 (3.78) Ellis had a save percentage of 0.938% against Detroit, which may be the best any goalie does against that potent attack. 20. Brian Rafalski, DET: 21 (2.07) How many superstars can one team have? Rafalski has six assists and a +7. 21. Ryan Malone, PIT: 20 (2.27) Malone has nine points for the 8-1 Penguins. 22. Chris Osgood, DET: 20 (2.90) Osgood has an excellent .937 SV%, but has only had to save 149 shots. 23. Evgeni Nabokov, SJS: 20 (1.56) Nabokov?s ranking really doesn?t do his postseason justice especially his brilliance in Game 6 at Dallas- that save on Brad Richards may end up being the highlight of the season. The Stars were the much better club, but Nabokov nearly single-handedly led the Sharks to an improbable 3-0 series comeback. 24. Marian Hossa, PIT: 20 (2.22) The rental from Atlanta gives the Penguins another All-Star scoring option and he has produced five goals and five assists. 25. Scott Gomez, NYR: 20 (1.96) Gomez had a -65% Reina Value as the 122nd most productive player, but had 11 points for the Rangers. 26. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR: 19 (1.88) Lundqvist continues to be one of the best goalies in the world, but he had a 2.57 GAA. 27. Sean Avery, NYR: 19 (2.34) Avery had a weird postseason; between the news of his impending Vogue internship, a new rule made in his honor, and his lacerated spleen, he scored four goals and assisted on three. 28. Joe Thornton, SJS: 18 (1.42) Thornton played hard and had 10 points, but he was badly outplayed by Morrow and company. 29. Alex Kovalev, MTL: 17 (1.43) Kovalev had 11 points, but a -4 +/- for the Canadiens. 30. Carey Price, MTL: 17 (1.54) Price had a 2.78 GAA and made everyone pine for Cristobal Huet. - Christopher Reina is the executive editor of RealGM and the creator of the NHL Reina Value.