RankingsSeptember 21, 2005


2005 Player Rankings

By Jason Wiedman

Does Martin Brodeur remain the consensus number one draft pick? Will Sydney Crosby produce up to expectations and justify comparisons to the Great One? This season the rules of the game are changing and an offensive style is being nurtured by the league. How do the changes to the league and the mass player movement affect the big picture? There’s no better way to answer these questions than by looking at the latest player rankings.

To create these composite rankings, each player was assigned a rank by all eight of the fantasy buffs who shared their cheat sheets with us; the lower this score compared with other players at the same position, the better. By combining these lists, we can see both individual preferences and the overall consensus among the rankers.

Average rank indicates the average of the scores assigned to a player by each person (for this calculation, both the highest and lowest individual score were disregarded). Each ranker’s individual list can be seen in the eight columns at the right (players not appearing in an individual list were assigned a score of 36, respectively 71).

Please note that this is a tool for draft preparation; it will not be updated throughout the season. Enjoy, and good luck in your drafts!

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CentersAvg RankG
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Joe Thornton1.5022111212
Joe Sakic2.3317224123
Peter Forsberg3.67414533336
Mats Sundin5.33543376712
Vincent Lecavalier5.8339872485
Pavel Datsyuk6.17751168564
Brad Richards6.671636417741
Sergei Fedorov9.009109891098
Patrick Marleau12.67622289515177
Pavol Demitra12.6712181811158126
Olli Jokinen13.831020132410111019
Brendan Morrison14.50131471413171623
Mario Lemieux15.1719617101326536
Jason Spezza16.1734121013349199
Robert Lang18.3336851233251517
Daniel Briere18.501121332012182218
Saku Koivu20.173626301721161110
Scott Gomez20.832511202724192116
Doug Weight20.833636121536121313
Mike Modano22.002425263211361411
Jason Arnott24.831723193618233036
Daymond Langkow25.002115232125363624
Jeremy Roenick25.671536361820213227
David Legwand26.003036222230222428
Marc Savard26.502933153129311821
Bobby Holik27.003624163036133125
Mike Ribeiro27.333617361936142036
Alexei Yashin28.502636241623362636
Steve Yzerman29.331435363616302336
Brian Rolston31.172836363328273522
Petr Nedved31.172031363622363626
Marian Gaborik31.3383636366363636
Tuomo Ruutu31.503336363636202815
Alexei Zhamnov31.503636142836243629
Sidney Crosby32.333613253436362736
Patrice Bergeron32.832336363627332936
Steve Rucchin33.171836363619363636
Alyn McCauley34.172736363626343636
Henrik Sedin34.833628363636293636
Jason Allison35.003636273531363636
Eric Lindros35.003636363636362530
Michael Peca35.173636312636363636
Michal Handzus35.333616363636323636
Sean Avery35.333236363632363636
Tyler Arnason35.332232363636363636
Bryan Smolinski35.673536213635363636
Radek Bonk35.673634323636363636
Chris Drury35.673636362936363436
Alexander Ovechkin36.003630363636363636
Kris Draper36.003136363636363636
Milan Kraft36.003629363636363636
Patrik Stefan36.003627363636363636
Slava Kozlov36.003619363636363636
Martin Straka36.003636293636363636
Jan Hrdina36.003636343636363636
Jozef Stumpel36.003636353636363636
Patrik Elias36.003636362336363636
Mike Comrie36.003636362536363636
Vaclav Prospal36.003636363636283636
Nik Antropov36.003636363636343636
Craig Conroy36.003636363636363336
Michael Nylander36.003636363636363614
Daniel Sedin36.003636363636363620

 

Right WingsAvg RankGJGM4EaussMasaPWFSNickEnsAmaz
Jarome Iginla1.6711114217
Martin St. Louis2.6723621162
Marian Hossa3.3335353323
Milan Hejduk4.3344465544
Todd Bertuzzi4.83562328536
Daniel Alfredsson7.83791096796
Jaromir Jagr8.006798711165
Dany Heatley9.673627436631
Zigmund Palffy9.6728155716478
Bill Guerin11.0011108121791014
Marian Gaborik11.679161414813812
Glen Murray14.00825111110181123
Miroslav Satan14.001213131512211516
Martin Havlat14.331083636910129
Steve Sullivan16.672611121026221811
Richard Zednik17.001436152111191320
Scott Walker17.671924181920151415
Michael Ryder20.001326251713172226
Alexei Kovalev23.333614241836123610
Jonathan Cheechoo23.331635272814292119
Peter Bondra24.171536173615162536
Brett Hull25.333330162030282321
Nikolai Zherdev25.503618232436271924
Trent Hunter26.002036202621332036
Valeri Bure27.332213223629362629
Alexander Mogilny27.503636213036201722
Petr Sykora27.501827362219253636
Tony Amonte27.502428262724343030
Mike Knuble30.332136292323363536
Mark Parrish31.502321363622363636
Teemu Selanne31.833636193636232436
Shane Doan32.003622361336263636
Jeff O’Neill32.673636333136243613
Radek Dvorak32.672734363625363627
Mariusz Czerkawski33.001736363618363636
Brian Gionta33.172536363627363628
JP Dumont33.833629363636303625
Maxim Afinogenov34.003636312536362936
Matthew Barnaby34.673036343333363636
Justin Williams34.833636363436363118
Ruslan Fedotenko34.832936363628363636
Ales Hemsky35.003619353636313636
Shawn McEachern35.003632283636363436
Mike Johnson35.333636363236362736
David Vybordny35.503633363636362836
Fernando Pisani35.673136363634363636
Sami Kapanen35.673436363631363636
Chris Neil35.833236363635363636
Ronald Petrovicky35.833536363632363636
Adam Hall36.003636363636363336
Aleksey Morozov36.003636323636363636
Anson Carter36.003636363636363236
Brendan Shanahan36.003636363636143636
Darcy Tucker36.003636363536363636
Eric Daze36.003636363636323636
Jeff Carter36.003636363636353636
Marco Sturm36.003623363636363636
Mark Recchi36.003636361636363636
Mike Cammalerri36.003636362936363636
Nils Ekman36.003631363636363636
Owen Nolan36.003620363636363636
Scott Mellanby36.003636303636363636
Slava Kozlov36.003636363636363617
Viktor Kozlov36.003617363636363636

 

Left WingsAvg RankG
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Markus Naslund1.3331111212
Ilya Kovalchuk2.1723224131
Rick Nash3.3312642428
Alex Tanguay4.5077336344
Keith Tkachuk5.17410453657
Mark Recchi8.008553678713
Patrick Elias9.00641236810143
Ladislav Nagy10.671411771613811
Sergei Samsonov10.673681113137126
Ryan Smyth11.3336610101214139
Simon Gagne11.50121914111051012
Alexander Frolov15.171317361614121714
Paul Kariya15.3336129929151116
Cory Stillman16.50119311215202318
Fredrik Modin17.001014173621112019
Brenden Morrow17.171518162111361617
Brendan Shanahan18.509251319936936
Shane Doan18.675361536536155
Henrik Zetterberg19.5036202063692210
Marco Sturm20.001636261418171924
Vaclav Prospal23.332324191527362126
Daniel Sedin24.673115221832363015
John LeClair25.001836212922162436
Nils Ekman26.331736292420222736
Mark Bell27.831936332323363121
Scott Hartnell28.673229251734272536
Kyle Calder28.832027363217363622
Jochen Hecht29.003616362636193225
Gary Roberts29.832828243033183636
Luc Robitaille30.002736283626233627
Slava Kozlov31.172436363631241836
Oleg Kvasha31.333613363436262828
Martin Havlat31.3336368836363636
Raffi Torres31.502130343624363629
Andrew Brunette32.003636272736302636
Mike Ribeiro32.173036183619363636
Jason Blake32.332926323130363636
Ray Whitney33.333622362836293536
Alex Korolyuk33.332232363625353636
Darcy Tucker34.672636363628363636
Jeff Friesen34.673631363336253636
Martin Erat34.673636363636283623
Ryan Malone34.833636363636313420
Eric Daze35.003636362536363630
Eric Cole35.333636363536323336
Chris Simon35.673336353635363636
Dave Andreychuk36.002536363636363636
Donald Brashear36.003536363636363636
Josef Vasicek36.003635363636363636
Kirk Maltby36.003436363636363636
Mike Knuble36.003623363636363636
Richard Zednik36.003621363636363636
Ruslan Fedotenko36.003634363636363636
Vincent Damphousse36.003633363636363636
Patrice Bergeron36.003636233636363636
Kristian Huselius36.003636303636363636
Shawn McEachern36.003636362036363636
Mike York36.003636362236363636
Pascal Dupuis36.003636363636213636
Martin Rucinsky36.003636363636333636
Thomas Vanek36.003636363636343636
Alexei Kovalev36.00363636363636636
Peter Schaefer36.003636363636362936

 

DefensemenAvg RankG
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Sergei Gonchar1.0011111111
Chris Pronger2.3322252422
Scott Niedermayer4.5046644245
Rob Blake4.67338238322
Wade Redden7.337811105684
Nicklas Lidstrom7.5085101210566
Marek Zidlicky7.83107569799
Zdeno Chara9.17122137113715
Brian Leetch10.83251743261153
Bryan McCabe11.67913988241021
Kim Johnsson11.6751112147121419
Dick Tarnstrom14.67144191916101811
Mathieu Schneider15.17161271714191332
Adrian Aucoin15.831715161317141716
Dan Boyle16.5018311526199128
Brad Stuart18.83139262115202420
Bryan Berard19.83201628182018277
Pavel Kubina20.831533202813221525
Sergei Zubov21.831125251671132131
Brian Rafalski22.171934312018252017
Kimmo Timonen22.335511231156171612
Mattias Ohlund22.832618213021162328
Ed Jovanovski24.504322141527383110
Nick Boynton28.002219712923282640
Sheldon Souray29.00483213935351157
Brent Sopel30.834226223336311937
Roman Hamrlik30.835820172453213334
Adam Foote31.3364130526302971
Janne Niinimaa32.332723713124342850
Tomas Kaberle38.332439713725415335
Paul Mara38.674114713445503923
Jaroslav Modry40.336142184862323029
John Michael Liles40.507128292571424814
Sean Hill41.173947243242573849
Dmitri Kalinin42.834558714244262542
Mike Van Ryn43.335446273555444338
Alexei Zhitnik44.673444713933555145
Lubomir Visnovsky45.837148352771394933
Joni Pitkanen47.337154327171152234
Derek Morris47.677130712271583413
Jordan Leopold48.837029715069433227
Ric Jackman49.505736714758495026
Eric Brewer51.007127713671373754
Tom Poti52.175671713857454044
Eric Desjardins52.502871714628277171
Kenny Jonsson52.503135717131367171
Patrice Brisebois53.336824715160297141
Oleg Tverdovsky56.677153344071337171
Philippe Boucher56.837145335871544271
Jay Bouwmeester58.007138714571527130
Steve Staios58.332371716030714771
Sandis Ozolinsh58.337171712371237143
Danny Markov58.833640717134647171
Dan McGillis59.674671717146475271
Andrei Markov60.007171717171403618
Rhett Warrener60.503571714429717171
Jaroslav Spacek61.677152717171485746
Jason Smith62.005271716252615571
Robyn Regehr62.175160717149625871
Niclas Havelid62.337143717171674151
Sami Salo62.507149716771464671
Chris Phillips62.675067717151605671
Marc-Andre Bergeron62.677171714171517136
Eric Cairns62.832171717122717171
Paul Martin63.176471716365536056
Kyle McLaren64.174766715947717171
Eric Weinrich64.502971717132717171
Andy Sutton65.007150717171563571
Brad Lukowich65.333271717138707171
Igor Ulanov65.333071717137717171
Martin Skuola65.337137714971717159
Denis Gauthier65.673371717139717171
Lyle Odelein65.833771717140717171
Boris Mironov66.003871717141717171
Filip Kuba66.007157717171685847
Mike Rathje66.334071717143717171
Frantisek Kaberle66.507171715671597148
Ken Klee66.834471716948717171
Brett Hedican67.005971717159715471
Hal Gill67.504971717150717171
Nathan Dempsey67.677151717171714571
Willie Mitchell68.175371717154717171
Dan Hamhuis68.337155717171717152
Jiri Slegr69.177171714371717160
Joseph Corvo69.177171716571664471
Cory Cross69.336071717161717171
Daryl Sydor69.507162717171717155
Teppo Numminen69.677163716171717171
Marek Malik69.677171715371637171
James Patrick69.836271717164717171
Nick Shultz70.176571717166717171
Scott Hannan70.177165716671717171
Chris Chelios70.336969717163717171
Todd Simpson70.336671717167717171
Colin White70.506771717168717171
Dion Phaneuf70.507168717171657171
Richard Matvichuk70.507159716871717171
Greg De Vries70.836371717170717171
Carlo Coliaccovo71.007161717171717171
Corey Sarich71.007170717171717171
Jiri Fischer71.007164717171717171
Vladimir Malakhov71.007156717171717171
Rostislav Klesla71.007171715471717171
Derian Hatcher71.007171715571717171
Jason Wooley71.007171715771717171
Don Sweeney71.007171716471717171
Jeff Jillson71.007171717071717171
Mike Komisarek71.007171717171697171
Christian Blackman71.007171717171717139
Thomas Pock71.007171717171717153
Andrei Zyuzin71.007171717171717158

 

GoaliesAvg RankG
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Martin Brodeur1.3321161211
Marty Turco2.8332232529
Miika Kiprosoff3.3373443333
Roberto Luongo4.1714674146
Evgeni Nabokov6.50697257510
Robert Esche7.501215586865
Andrew Raycroft8.17512311612107
Jose Theodore8.83108135104911
David Aebischer10.8311610912101314
Tomas Vokoun10.839101418111378
Dwayne Roloson12.17451121726821
Ed Belfour12.178791015241120
Nikolai Khabibulin13.50131415121715124
Jean-Sebastien Giguere14.6719171911861518
Dan Cloutier16.002511161318141619
Rick DiPietro17.331713231613212116
Dominik Hasek18.0036168262123142
Patrick Lalime18.831818182214201727
Jocelyn Thibault20.832923123120182312
Kari Lehtonen22.17363517143292015
Marc Denis22.171426322323172222
Chris Osgood22.331620211724282436
Sean Burke23.00242726209221929
Mathieu Garon24.003622301919111836
Curtis Joseph25.832028243025272724
Martin Biron25.831524362522302628
Manny Legace27.003636202727163613
Kevin Weekes28.002229253326332926
Olaf Kolzig28.672719342429362830
Martin Gerber29.002131363231253025
Ty Conklin29.672321362836323623
John Grahame30.832834223636293617
Jussi Markkanen30.833132333628192536
Pasi Nurminen34.332625363636363636
Manny Fernandez34.833233273636363636
Vesa Toskala35.003036293636363636
Marc-Andre Fleury35.503630363536343636
Martin Prusek35.503536363430363636
Brian Boucher35.503636313633363636
Mika Noronen35.673636363634313636
Tommy Salo35.833436363635363636
Antero Niitymaki35.833636283636353636
Cristobal Huet36.003336363636363636
Roman Cechmanek36.003636361536363636
Mike Dunham36.003636362936363636

Legend
GJG = go_jays_go
M4E = Mookie4ever
Auss = aussiewing
Masa = Masarume
PWF = PlayingWithFire
SNick = Supernick
Ens = Ensanimal
Amaz = Amazinz

Assumed League Settings:

Single-season (no keepers), head-to-head with playoffs, 17-man rosters with the following starters:

2 C
2 LW
2 RW
4 D
2 G

along with a 7-man bench (any positions).

Scoring categories are:

Goals, assists, game-winning goals, power-play points, +/-, PIM, wins, shutouts, save percentage, GAA

 
Many thanks as always to the fantasy buffs who allowed us to peek at the cheat sheets they’ll be taking to their 2005 drafts!

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