| Oracle's
Order - NHL Fantasy Hockey Player Rankings |
| Rank |
Player |
Pos |
Team |
Comments |
Trend |
| 1 |
Daniel
Sedin |
LW |
VAN |
League
leader in PTS and PPG. Top 5 in G, A and +/- |
|
| 2 |
Steve
Stamkos |
C |
TB |
|
|
| 3 |
Alexander
Ovechkin |
C |
WAS |
|
|
| 4 |
Corey
Perry |
RW |
ANA |
Deserves
a bump after only 50 goal scorer in '11 |
|
| 5 |
Henrik
Lundqvist |
G |
NYR |
More
games - more wins (40?) - carrer year |
|
| 6 |
Henrik
Sedin |
C |
VAN |
|
|
| 7 |
Evgeni
Malkin |
C |
PIT |
|
|
| 8 |
Anze
Kopitar
|
C |
LA |
+25
in 11' - Elite Talent that's off to a hot start
|
 |
| 9 |
Henrik
Zetterberg |
LW |
DET |
Averages
about a point per game every season |
|
| 10 |
Zach
Parise |
LW |
NJ |
Hoping
for a healthy year like 2009-10 |
|
| 11 |
Pavel
Datsyuk |
LW |
DET |
Missed
25 games in '11, injury a non-issue |
|
| 12 |
Martin
St. Louis
|
RW |
TB |
Looking
towards 60+ assists (mostly to Stamkos)
|
|
| 13 |
Sidney
Crosby |
C |
PIT |
Predicting
a late October return |
 |
| 14 |
Patrick
Kane |
C/RW |
CHI |
|
|
| 15 |
Roberto
Luongo |
G |
VAN |
Won
38 of 60 games played last year. Impressive. |
|
| 16 |
Jonathan
Toews |
C |
CHI |
Well
rounded player - 30G 40A +20 likely |
|
| 17 |
Jerom
Iginla |
RW |
CGY |
+/-
Concerns keep him out of top 15 overall |
|
| 18 |
Carey
Price |
G |
MON |
Montreal
workhorse in '11 - 8 shuouts and 38 Wins |
|
| 19 |
Ilya
Kovalchuk |
RW |
NJ |
Horrible
start in '10, picked up post All-Star |
|
| 20 |
Rick
Nash |
RW |
CLB |
|
|
| 21 |
Tomas
Vokoun
|
G
|
WAS |
Hot
start - 4W and 1.94 GAA through 4 games
|
|
| 22 |
Ryan
Getzlaf |
C |
ANA |
Getzlaf,
Ryan and Perry line = lethal |
|
| 23 |
Dany
Heatley |
RW |
MIN |
|
|
| 24 |
Ryan
Kesler |
C |
VAN |
Made
his debut Oct 18 and scored the next game |
|
| 25 |
Tim
Thomas |
G |
NYR |
Tukkaa
Rask looking at more starts this year
|
 |
| 26 |
Alexander
Semin
|
RW/LW |
WAS |
Meshing
well with Johansson and Knuble
|
|
| 27 |
Ryan
Miller |
G |
BUF |
|
|
| 28 |
Thomas
Vanek |
LW |
BUF |
|
|
| 29 |
Marc-Andre
Fleury |
G |
PIT |
Won
36 Games without Crosby in half of them |
|
| 30 |
Bobby
Ryan |
LW |
ANA |
Getzlaf,
Ryan, Perry line = lethal |
|
| 31 |
Jeff
Carter |
C |
CLB |
New
line, new team. Still expect 35+ Goals |
|
| 32 |
Patrick
Marleau |
LW |
SJ |
When
will Father Time come knocking? |
|
| 33 |
Niklas
Backstrom |
C |
WAS |
|
|
| 34 |
Jonathan
Quick |
G |
LA |
On
fire, but L.A looking to get Bernier in the mix |
|
| 35 |
Matt
Duchene |
C |
COL |
Higher
than most, expecting a big 3rd year |
|
| 36 |
Corey
Crawford
|
G
|
CHI
|
|
|
| 37 |
Claude
Giroux |
RW |
PHI |
The
learning curve will progress.....again! |
|
| 38 |
Pekka
Rinne |
G |
NAS |
|
|
| 39 |
Jeff
Skinner |
C/RW |
CAR |
Looking
like an Eric Staal set-up man |
|
| 40 |
Dustin
Byfuglien |
D |
WIN |
|
|
| 41 |
Phil
Kessel |
RW |
TOR |
Off
to a great start - 7 G in first 6 games |
|
| 42 |
Brad
Richards |
C |
NYR |
Value
boosted in the big apple |
|
| 43 |
Jimmy
Howard |
G |
DET |
Would
love to see a lower GAA and SV% |
|
| 44 |
Mikka
Kiprusoff |
G |
CAL |
|
|
| 45 |
Eric
Staal |
C |
CAR |
No
one in the top 25 in scoring had a worse +/- |
|
| 46 |
Antti
Niemi |
G |
SJ |
|
|
| 47 |
Loui
Eriksson |
RW |
DAL |
Losing
Richards has had no effect so far |
|
| 48 |
Mike
Green |
D |
WAS |
Prediciting
his offense to bounce back |
|
| 49 |
Christian
Ehroff |
D |
BUF |
Time
will tell if scenery changes production |
|
| 50 |
Ilya
Bryzgalov
|
G
|
PHI
|
Big
shake-up in Philly, but he's still a #1 goaltender |
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