NHL Fantasy Fifty

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Updated: June 3, 2008, 7:50 PM EST Comment

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Review our list of the Top 50 fantasy players in the NHL. These rankings are updated monthly during the NHL season.

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NHL Fantasy Fifty
Rk P A Player Pos Tm Comment
1 3 A. Ovechkin F WAS 1st in G (48), SOG (344) & PPG (17) and 2nd in pts (82)
2 5 Jarome Iginla F CGY Jumps to 2nd w/ +24 (4th), along w/ 75 pts (4th)
3 10 Nicklas Lidstrom D DET Dominates +/- (39) plus 4th-most asst (50): leads D in pts (57)
4 14 Martin Brodeur G NJ Is 1st in W (35), 3rd in GAA (2.14) and 6th in SV & (.920)
5 8 Pavel Datsyuk C DET Has 2nd-best +/- (32) w/ 7th-most pts (74) & 6th-most PPP (29)
6 6   H. Zetterberg F DET Has 4th-best +/- (24), 5th-most G (35) & 6th-most pts (73)
7 1 V. Lecavalier C TB Is 3rd in pts (78) & 6th in SOG (246)
8 21 Evgeni Malkin C PIT Superb in 2nd year 1st in pts (84) & 3rd in PPP (35) w/ 220 SOG
9 9   Jason Spezza C OTT Has 4th-most pts (75), 5th-best +/- (23) & 4th-most asst (50)
10 4 Dany Heatley F OTT Has 3rd-best +/- (31) but slips to 11th in pts (66)
11 7 D. Alfredsson F OTT Is 4th in pts (75) w/ +13 rating, 21 PPP & 192 SOG
12 13 Roberto Luongo G VAN Is 5th in GAA (2.18) & 4th in SV% (.923) w/ 5th-most W (28)
13 20 Marc Savard C BOS Owns most asst (58), 7th-most pts (73) & 7th-most PPP (28)
14 15 Joe Thornton C SJ Has 2nd-most asst (56), 6th-most pts (73) & 6th-most PPP (29)
15 41 Mike Ribeiro C DAL Has 5th-most pts (74) w/ 5th-most +/- rating (23)
16 34 Sergei Gonchar D PIT Is 1st in PPP (37); Is 2nd in pts (51) & 8th in SOG (142) for D
17 17   Chris Pronger D ANA Is 7th pts (43), 2nd PPP (30), 3rd PIM (118) & 3rd SOG (164) for D
18 18   Martin St. Louis F TB Has 4th-most asst (50) & is 8th in pts (71) w/ 23 PPP
19 16 Ryan Getzlaf C ANA Has 10th-most pts (68), 6th-most +/- (22) & 5th-most PPP (30)
20 19 Henrik Sedin C VAN Is 3rd in asst (51) w/ 63 pts, +17 & 21 PPA
21 36 Brenden Morrow F DAL Has 12th-most pts (63) & 6th-most +/- (22) w/ 24 PPP & 182 SOG
22 23 Evgeni Nabokov G SJ Is 2nd in W (34) & 6th in GAA (2.18) w/ SV% (.910)
23 25 J. Giguere G ANA Has 5th-most W (28) and is 7th in GAA (2.21) & SV% (.919)
24 11 llya Kovalchuk F ATL Is 2nd in G (41) w/ 9th-most pts (7); has 26 PPP & 228 SOG
25 22 Mats Sundin C TOR Has 11th-most pts (66), 5th-most PPP (30) & 12th-most SOG (220)
26 29 Mike Richards C PHI Has 11th-most pts (66) & 5th-most PPP (30) w/ +14 rating
27 33 Brian Rafalski D DET Is 4th in pts (46), 4th in +/- (20) & 4th in PPP (26) for d-men
28 NR Dion Phaneuf D CGY Has 5th-most pts (45), is 4th in PPP (26) & 1st in SOG (205) for D
29 46 Pascal Leclaire G CB Is 4th in GAA (2.17) & 3rd in SV% (.923) w/ 22 wns
30 NR Ty Conklin G PIT Is 8th in GAA (2.27) & 1st in SV% (.930) w/ 17 W vs. 5 L
31 NR Tim Thomas G BOS Is 13th in GAA (2.38) & 2nd in SV% (.925) w/ 22 W
32 37 Alexei Kovalev F MON 2nd in PPP (36) w/ 12th-most pts (63) & 177 SOG
33 32 Daniel Sedin F VAN Has 13th-most pts (62) & 7th-most PPP (28) w/ +15 & 186 SOG
34 12 Chris Osgood G DET Is 2nd in GAA (2.10), 8th in SV% (.916) and 15th in W (23)
35 43 Marty Turco G DAL Is 4th in W (29) & 10th in GAA (2.30) w/ .911 SV%
36 42 Dominik Hasek G DET Owns best GAA (2.07) w/ 19 W & .904 SV%
37 24 Manny Legace G STL Is 9th in GAA (2.29) w/ .913 SV% & 23 W
38 50 Scott Gomez C NYR Has 13th-most pts (62) w/ +10, 24 PPP & 211 SOG
39 NR Marian Gaborik F MIN Has 12th-most pts (63) w/ +10 & 202 SOG
40 NR Jason Arnott C NAS Has 14-most pts (61) w/ +18, 20 PPP & 196 SOG
41 NR Jason Pominville F BUF Scored 58 pts w/ +10 rating & 183 SOG
42 NR Shane Doan F PHO Has 13th-most pts (62) w/ + 10, 20 PPP & 186 SOG
43 44 Ryan Miller G BUF Has 4th-most W (29) w/ 2.43 GAA & .915 SV%
44 26 H. Lundqvist G NYR Has 4th-most W (29) & 11th in GAA (2.32) w/ .909 SV%
45 39 Ray Whitney F CAR Has 7th-most PPP (28) w/ 59 pts & 201 SOG
46 40 Olli Jokinen C FLA Owns 3rd-most SOG (272) w/ 61 pts & 26 PPP
47 32 Kristian Huselius F CGY Scored 56 pts w/ +10 rating & 168 SOG
48 55 D. Langkow F CGY Scored 54 pts w/ +13 rating & 165 SOG
49 54 Eric Staal C CAR Has 58 pts w/ 218 SOG & 25 PPP
50 NR Rick Nash F CL Owns 7th-most SOG (236) w/ 54 pts & 77 PIM
Just Missed
Rk P A Player Pos Tm Comment
51 49 Marian Hossa F ATL Has 8th-most SOG (230) w/ 56 pts & 26 PPP
52 47 Vaclav Prospal F TB Scored 57 pts w/ 176 SOG
53 28 Paul Stastny C COL Owns +11 rating w/ 52 pts
54 NR Derek Roy C BUF Scored 56 pts w/ +14 rating & 159 SOG
55 48 Jaromir Jagr F NYR Only ranks in top 40 in pts (56) w/ just 17 G
The Fallen
Rk P A Player Pos Tm Comment
2   Sidney Crosby C PIT Has already missed 6 weeks with high-ankle sprain
27   Sergei Zubov D DAL Likely out until mid-March with foot injury
31   Daniel Briere C PHI Has atrocious -24 rating; projected to score only 70 pts
45   Rick Dipietro G NYI Owns mediocre 2.69 GAA & .905 SV%

Stats are updated through Feb. 28

Rankings and player comments are compiled by Roger Rotter. He welcomes your comments and questions. For more of Rotter's analysis, please check out his articles and blog.

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