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Position-by-Position NHL Fantasy Rankings - 2008-2009 season

by Scott Cullen

Centres

Rank Player Team G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
1. Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 38 75 113 +15 46 72
2. Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Bay 47 54 101 +2 33 78
3. Joe Thornton San Jose 26 75 101 +19 43 80
4. Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh 42 57 99 +10 40 74
5. Pavel Datsyuk Detroit 30 65 95 +33 40 20
6. Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim 29 56 85 +22 35 84
7. Jason Spezza Ottawa 33 55 88 +20 34 55
8. Marc Savard Boston 21 66 87 +2 44 89
9. Olli Jokinen Phoenix 36 47 83 +3 33 78
10. Eric Staal Carolina 38 46 84 0 34 66
11. Jonathan Toews Chicago 33 42 75 +15 31 56
12. Henrik Sedin Vancouver 14 63 77 +10 31 60
13. Nicklas Backstrom Washington 20 63 83 +12 33 30
14. Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 31 50 81 -10 36 28
15. Derek Roy Buffalo 29 46 75 10 21 54
16. Mike Richards Philadelphia 25 46 71 +9 24 67
17. Brad Richards Dallas 24 54 78 -5 35 22
18. Paul Stastny Colorado 25 49 74 +9 24 28
19. Mike Ribeiro Dallas 22 49 71 +8 28 36
20. Daniel Briere Philadelphia 25 45 70 -2 30 66
21. Daymond Langkow Calgary 29 38 67 +13 36 26
22. Patrik Elias New Jersey 29 39 68 +7 24 36
23. Joe Sakic Colorado 25 47 72 -2 28 36
24. Scott Gomez N.Y. Rangers 17 51 68 +4 28 40
25. Jason Arnott Nashville 27 36 63 +9 21 68
26. Shawn Horcoff Edmonton 23 40 63 0 24 62
27. Tomas Plekanec Montreal 24 39 63 +12 20 34
28. Patrick Marleau San Jose 26 41 67 -6 30 30
29. Patrice Bergeron Boston 24 42 66 -6 28 24
30. Mikko Koivu Minnesota 20 40 60 +10 18 60
31. Robert Lang Montreal 21 38 59 +12 18 62
32. Peter Mueller Phoenix 25 38 63 -3 25 34
33. Chris Drury N.Y. Rangers 24 33 57 +1 23 44
34. Rod Brind'Amour Carolina 20 35 55 +2 21 54
35. David Legwand Nashville 23 35 58 +5 13 46
36. Mike Modano Dallas 21 33 54 +4 22 46
37. Andy McDonald St. Louis 21 34 55 -4 19 48
38. R.J. Umberger Columbus 21 35 56 -3 16 36
39. Saku Koivu Montreal 17 37 54 +1 17 54
40. Mike Comrie N.Y. Islanders 24 29 53 -11 20 78
41. Michael Nylander Washington 16 36 52 +5 27 56
42. Brendan Morrison Anaheim 19 33 52 +2 17 60
43. Valtteri Filppula Detroit 24 25 49 +12 11 26
44. Stephen Weiss Florida 20 31 51 -2 16 38
45. Jeff Carter Phildelphia 25 24 49 +1 14 52
46. Matt Cullen Carolina 18 32 50 +1 18 42
47. Jordan Staal Pittsburgh 24 25 49 +7 10 46
48. Joe Pavelski San Jose 24 25 49 +4 20 32
49. Andrew Cogliano Edmonton 23 30 53 +2 12 22
50. Jarret Stoll Los Angeles 18 31 49 -5 18 62
51. Phil Kessel Boston 22 28 50 -2 14 26
52. Mike Fisher Ottawa 23 25 48 +4 9 62
53. Ryan Kesler Vancouver 20 21 41 +2 9 86
54. Jason Williams Atlanta 18 29 47 -4 17 34
55. Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay 20 25 45 -5 16 44
56. Tim Connolly Buffalo 12 36 48 +3 18 20
57. Paul Gaustad Buffalo 14 27 41 +3 8 77
58. Alex Steen Toronto 19 27 46 -2 15 34
59. Kyle Turris Phoenix 14 32 46 -4 12 36
60. David Bolland Chicago 12 27 39 +12 8 68

Left Wingers

Rank Player Team G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
1. Alexander Ovechkin Washington 59 48 107 +16 40 44
2. Dany Heatley Ottawa 45 46 91 +30 35 78
3. Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 41 49 90 +31 34 34
4. Ilya Kovalchuk Atlanta 43 38 81 -10 33 62
5. Brenden Morrow Dallas 30 39 69 +16 21 117
6. Rick Nash Columbus 37 33 70 +1 25 87
7. Daniel Sedin Vancouver 30 47 77 +11 33 40
8. Thomas Vanek Buffalo 40 32 72 +2 25 58
9. Alex Tanguay Montreal 24 49 73 +10 22 42
10. Zach Parise New Jersey 34 35 69 +8 25 28
11. Alexander Frolov Los Angeles 30 41 71 -3 23 30
12. Brian Rolston New Jersey 30 32 62 +3 31 46
13. Milan Michalek San Jose 26 35 61 +15 22 42
14. Andrei Kostitsyn Montreal 31 32 63 +10 18 38
15. Simon Gagne Philadelphia 30 31 61 +5 25 32
16. Markus Naslund N.Y. Rangers 28 36 64 -4 27 58
17. Vaclav Prospal Tampa Bay 26 38 64 -2 19 44
18. Erik Cole Edmonton 26 30 56 +3 17 80
19. Patrick O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 37 64 -6 16 34
20. Paul Kariya St. Louis 20 42 62 -3 21 44
21. Dustin Brown Los Angeles 32 30 62 -13 18 68
22. Antoine Vermette Ottawa 26 33 59 +4 12 54
23. Miroslav Satan Pittsburgh 26 30 56 -2 22 44
24. Ray Whitney Carolina 22 37 59 -4 27 40
25. Martin Erat Nashville 20 35 55 +3 16 54
26. Pavol Demitra Vancouver 20 38 58 +5 18 30
27. Wojtek Wolski Colorado 23 34 57 +3 13 20
28. Alexander Semin Washington 30 25 55 -8 24 64
29. Johan Franzen Detroit 32 19 51 +16 18 62
30. Marco Sturm Boston 28 26 54 +1 20 46
31. Scott Hartnell Philadelphia 24 20 44 +8 11 129
32. Chris Kunitz Anaheim 21 29 50 +12 16 78
33. Patrick Sharp Chicago 27 22 49 +9 13 52
34. David Perron St. Louis 21 25 46 +8 15 54
35. Keith Tkachuk St. Louis 22 25 47 +2 16 77
36. Andrew Brunette Minnesota 18 37 55 -2 22 30
37. Darcy Tucker Colorado 23 23 46 -7 15 103
38. Rostislav Olesz Florida 20 26 46 +1 12 44
39. Jason Blake Toronto 22 31 53 -1 16 46
40. Ryan Smyth Colorado 25 27 52 -3 17 54
41. Jochen Hecht Buffalo 20 32 52 10 8 36
42. Vyacheslav Kozlov Atlanta 20 32 52 -2 19 32
43. Chris Higgins Montreal 26 23 49 -2 15 24
44. Loui Eriksson Dallas 19 24 43 +4 8 34
45. Cory Stillman Florida 21 33 54 -9 21 30
46. Nigel Dawes N.Y. Rangers 22 25 47 +6 10 20
47. Dustin Byfuglien Chicago 21 20 41 -4 15 73
48. Tuomo Ruutu Carolina 17 24 41 +2 10 82
49. Ryan Malone Pittsburgh 22 20 42 -5 12 78
50. David Booth Florida 20 22 42 +20 22 42

Right Wingers

Rank Player Team G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
1. Jarome Iginla Calgary 43 47 90 +12 32 73
2. Marian Hossa Detroit 40 49 89 +12 39 38
3. Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 37 52 89 +18 28 42
4. Teemu Selanne Anaheim 38 40 78 +18 34 54
5. Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay 30 50 80 -6 28 30
6. Jason Pominville Buffalo 30 44 74 +18 21 26
7. Shane Doan Phoenix 30 41 71 -1 30 82
8. Marian Gaborik Minnesota 36 33 69 +7 23 50
9. Patrick Kane Chicago 22 54 76 0 30 48
10. Alex Kovalev Montreal 28 41 69 +1 36 74
11. Nathan Horton Florida 34 33 67 +10 18 87
12. Jonathan Cheechoo San Jose 36 28 64 +15 28 58
13. Corey Perry Anaheim 30 32 62 +13 21 88
14. Ales Hemsky Edmonton 20 53 73 -4 34 46
15. Milan Hejduk Colorado 30 33 63 +9 19 30
16. Brad Boyes St. Louis 36 28 64 -2 19 26
17. Mike Cammalleri Calgary 26 35 61 -3 27 48
18. Pierre-Marc Bouchard Minnesota 18 45 63 +6 26 26
19. Petr Sykora Pittsburgh 27 32 59 -2 23 42
20. Nikolai Zherdev N.Y. Rangers 25 35 60 -5 22 54
21. Sean Avery Dallas 15 24 39 +2 9 193
22. J.P. Dumont Nashville 23 37 60 +2 17 34
23. Kristian Huselius Columbus 24 34 58 +2 27 40
24. Sam Gagner Edmonton 21 41 62 -12 27 30
25. Drew Stafford Buffalo 23 27 50 +6 10 62
26. Brian Gionta New Jersey 27 27 54 +2 21 44
27. Mike Knuble Philadelphia 24 25 49 +3 24 66
28. Marek Svatos Colorado 30 18 48 +6 16 54
29. Nik Antropov Toronto 22 26 48 +6 14 86
30. Maxim Afinogenov Buffalo 18 33 51 -3 14 60
31. Radim Vrbata Tampa Bay 24 27 51 -1 15 24
32. Kyle Okposo N.Y. Islanders 22 26 48 +1 16 28
33. Jere Lehtinen Dallas 24 20 44 +8 18 20
34. Martin Havlat Chicago 20 24 44 +10 12 26
35. Dustin Penner Edmonton 28 22 50 -5 20 52
36. Joffrey Lupul Philadelphia 23 25 48 -5 19 48
37. Steve Bernier Vancouver 22 23 45 +4 14 64
38. Jamie Langenbrunner New Jersey 16 30 46 -2 16 56
39. Viktor Kozlov Washington 16 29 45 +10 12 24
40. Ryane Clowe San Jose 17 22 39 +2 7 97
41. Daniel Cleary Detroit 20 21 41 +12 10 28
42. Michael Ryder Boston 25 23 48 -10 21 38
43. Ted Purcell Los Angeles 18 27 45 -4 14 40
44. Dainius Zubrus New Jersey 17 28 45 -5 12 54
45. Bill Guerin N.Y. Islanders 22 19 41 -5 15 68
46. Colby Armstrong Atlanta 15 26 41 -1 10 72
47. Todd Bertuzzi Calgary 14 27 41 -3 12 82
48. Ales Kotalik Buffalo 21 21 42 -4 19 56
49. David Backes St. Louis 17 22 39 -4 10 95
50. Patrick Eaves Carolina 18 22 40 +2 6 30

Defencemen

Rank Player Team G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
1. Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 13 58 71 +33 37 44
2. Dion Phaneuf Calgary 18 38 56 +9 32 131
3. Sergei Gonchar Pittsburgh 13 50 63 +2 43 80
4. Zdeno Chara Boston 15 31 46 +4 24 120
5. Andrei Markov Montreal 15 39 54 +2 28 56
6. Mike Green Washington 15 36 51 +2 25 60
7. Scott Niedermayer Anaheim 14 42 56 +4 30 72
8. Chris Pronger Anaheim 12 37 49 +8 31 95
9. Brian Rafalski Detroit 9 38 47 +14 26 34
10. Brian Campbell Chicago 9 44 53 +8 26 24
11. Dan Boyle San Jose 14 41 55 -7 29 68
12. Lubomir Visnovsky Edmonton 14 40 54 -3 30 38
13. Kimmo Timonen Philadelphia 11 35 46 +4 30 58
14. Braydon Coburn Philadelphia 10 31 41 +12 18 92
15. Kevin Bieksa Vancouver 10 32 42 -5 16 135
16. Brent Burns Minnesota 12 29 41 10 20 78
17. Jay Bouwmeester Florida 12 34 46 +5 17 74
18. Tomas Kaberle Toronto 9 45 54 -5 32 30
19. Andrej Meszaros Tampa Bay 10 32 42 +4 20 72
20. Joe Corvo Carolina 12 31 43 +10 20 38
21. Sergei Zubov Dallas 10 44 54 +7 29 26
22. Ed Jovanovski Phoenix 10 29 39 -4 23 65
23. Sheldon Souray Edmonton 15 28 43 -15 27 109
24. Erik Johnson St. Louis 9 34 43 -2 22 36
25. Shea Weber Nashville 12 23 35 +8 15 76
26. Niklas Kronwall Detroit 5 30 35 +20 9 72
27. Mathieu Schneider Anaheim 12 28 40 +17 20 64
28. Marek Zidlicky Minnesota 7 32 39 -2 24 72
29. Jaroslav Spacek Buffalo 8 27 35 +10 18 68
30. Rob Blake San Jose 10 24 34 -4 18 90
31. John-Michael Liles Colorado 9 29 38 0 23 34
32. Bryan McCabe Florida 9 25 34 -2 17 104
33. Pavel Kubina Toronto 9 25 34 0 17 88
34. Joni Pitkanen Carolina 8 30 38 -3 15 70
35. Philippe Boucher Dallas 12 23 35 +6 16 68
36. Wade Redden N.Y. Rangers 6 28 34 +6 17 58
37. Dennis Wideman Boston 11 22 33 0 18 72
38. Paul Martin New Jersey 6 29 35 +5 15 24
39. Duncan Keith Chicago 10 21 31 +16 6 64
40. Tobias Enstrom Atlanta 6 30 36 -7 22 40
41. Craig Rivet Buffalo 7 23 30 0 15 104
42. Ruslan Salei Colorado 6 25 31 -3 12 106
43. Michal Rozsival N.Y. Rangers 8 23 31 +5 14 74
44. Mark Streit N.Y. Islanders 10 31 41 -7 22 28
45. Brent Seabrook Chicago 7 23 30 +8 12 86
46. Roman Hamrlik Montreal 6 23 29 +12 14 62
47. Keith Ballard Florida 7 23 30 -3 10 87
48. Ryan Suter Nashville 8 23 31 +4 12 64
49. Brett Clark Colorado 8 25 33 +4 10 48
50. Daniel Girardi N.Y. Rangers 11 22 33 +2 13 26
51. Filip Kuba Ottawa 9 23 32 0 13 38
52. Mattias Ohlund Vancouver 11 19 30 -1 14 84
53. Christian Ehrhoff San Jose 6 24 30 +9 12 62
54. Tom Poti Washington 4 28 32 +6 12 62
55. Tom Preissing Los Angeles 9 24 33 +1 16 22
56. Kris Letang Pittsburgh 9 20 29 +2 12 30
57. Ville Koistinen Nashville 6 21 27 +10 18 28
58. Matt Niskanen Dallas 6 20 26 +12 9 42
59. Derek Morris Phoenix 7 21 28 -6 14 84
60. Matt Carle Tampa Bay 8 24 32 -2 18 36

Goaltenders

Rank Player Team W GAA SVPCT SO
1. Martin Brodeur New Jersey 42 2.26 .921 7
2. Marc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh 38 2.28 .923 5
3. Henrik Lundqvist N.Y. Rangers 36 2.25 .914 7
4. Roberto Luongo Vancouver 38 2.35 .919 5
5. Evgeni Nabokov San Jose 40 2.26 .911 6
6. Miikka Kiprusoff Calgary 40 2.51 .910 4
7. Niklas Backstrom Minnesota 33 2.24 .922 4
8. Carey Price Montreal 37 2.38 .921 5
9. Jean-Sebastien Giguere Anaheim 36 2.28 .919 4
10. Marty Turco Dallas 37 2.26 .910 4
11. Chris Osgood Detroit 35 2.31 .911 5
12. Cristobal Huet Chicago 26 2.40 .927 5
13. Ilya Bryzgalov Phoenix 31 2.44 .918 3
14. Dan Ellis Nashville 29 2.44 .917 4
15. Pascal Leclaire Columbus 27 2.38 .916 5
16. Martin Biron Philadelphia 32 2.57 .914 4
17. Tomas Vokoun Florida 30 2.61 .916 4
18. Ryan Miller Buffalo 36 2.66 .909 2
19. Cam Ward Carolina 35 2.64 .906 4
20. Martin Gerber Ottawa 31 2.66 .910 2
21. Tim Thomas Boston 29 2.58 .913 3
22. Vesa Toskala Toronto 30 2.63 .908 3
23. Manny Legace St. Louis 25 2.50 .909 4
24. Mathieu Garon Edmonton 28 2.70 .908 3
25. Jose Theodore Washington 31 2.55 .904 3
26. Peter Budaj Colorado 30 2.64 .904 2
27. Rick DiPietro N.Y. Islanders 29 2.81 .905 3
28. Kari Lehtonen Atlanta 24 2.86 .914 3
29. Mike Smith Tampa Bay 22 2.65 .900 2
30. Nikolai Khabibulin Chicago 21 2.74 .905 1
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