The Official FHC Draft Rankings

By Jason Greer

Once again the Hockey season is upon us, and with Yahoo Fantasy Hockey starting up again for the season it can only mean one thing…Draft time!

It’s time for every Fantasy Hockey fan to rejoice, and more importantly, to prepare for their up coming drafts. Some people draft one team for the season while others prefer to have multiple teams; but either way, come draft time all must be prepared.

Will Crosby dominate the league again as many predict? Will Luongo flourish in Vancouver? Will Malkin be able to live up to his hype? Will the huge amount of players finding new homes in the offseason effect their game for the better or worse?

The sheets that we have compiled below should answer those questions and hopefully any others that you might have.

Players are ranked by position in the order that the submitting rankers would draft them if they were drafting today. Each players score is an average. The technical aspects are listed below the sheets for those that are interested.

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!

Centers	Avg Rank	B O S	M A S	R D R	H A M	E N S	L E G	P W F	A U S
Sidney Crosby	1.5	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2
Joe Thornton	1.6	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Jason Spezza	3.0	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3
Eric Staal	4.0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
Olli Jokinen	5.6	5	5	6	7	5	5	8	4
Patrick Elias	7.8	6	7	5	9	10	11	9	6
Pavel Datsyuk	8.8	9	11	11	10	6	9	7	8
Brad Richards	9.1	8	6	7	8	8	8	18	10
Patrick Marleau	10.3	10	13	9	11	7	7	15	11
Daniel Briere	10.5	7	17	8	5	9	12	19	7
Peter Forsberg	11.6	16	8	18	6	11	14	5	15
Pavol Demitra	13.0	12	12	12	15	13	17	14	9
Vincent Lacavlier	13.2	17	15	13	12	14	6	13	16
Patrice Bergeron	14.7	11	18	10	19	12	13	22	13
Mats Sundin	15.2	18	10	21	13	15	16	11	18
Joe Sakic	15.6	21	9	20	16	21	15	6	17
Scott Gomez	15.7	15	22	14	17	18	18	10	12
Marc Savard	17.3	20	16	17	18	16	21	17	14
Evgeni Malkin	17.3	13	14	15	14	19	10	33	21
Andy McDonald	19.6	14	20	16	22	22	22	21	20
Brian Rolston	20.3	24	19	23	20	17	19	16	25
Shawn Horcoff	23.5	22	24	25	24	23	24	23	23
Jason Arnott	23.6	29	23	27	27	24	20	20	19
Mike Modano	24.8	25	25	24	31	27	27	12	28
Henrik Sedin	25.0	19	34	19	23	20	23	40	22
Brad Boyes	28.7	23	21	22	28	26	26	60	24
Michael Nylander	29.2	30	26	31	26	35	29	31	26
Rod Brind’Amour	31.7	27	45	38	25	28	38	26	27
Vaclav Prospal	33.1	31	28	28	21	45	30	30	52
Jeff Carter	33.2	33	35	30	29	25	37	48	29
Chris Drury	33.3	36	31	36	36	29	32	27	40
Jarret Stoll	33.6	32	30	35	49	37	25	24	37
Brendan Morrison	34.5	26	32	29	42	44	33	38	32
Daymond Langkow	36.0	28	47	26	30	36	35	39	47
Mike Comrie	36.7	38	38	34	60	30	36	29	29
Saku Koivu	39.2	35	39	45	33	43	60	28	31
Mike Cammalleri	39.3	38	27	32	60	47	39	37	35
Robert Lang	39.8	45	29	47	41	39	43	45	30
Nathan Horton	40.0	47	41	41	35	32	34	44	46
Alexei Yashin	40.5	37	60	39	44	40	28	35	41
Ryan Getzlaf	40.6	46	36	40	46	33	31	60	33
Craig Conroy	42.8	42	60	37	32	46	60	32	34
Tuomo Ruutu	43.8	34	60	33	40	60	42	43	39
Gilbert Brule	46.3	41	37	42	60	49	44	60	38
Christopher Higgins	48.5	60	43	60	41	34	41	49	60
Sergei Fedorov	49.5	60	50	60	44	60	45	34	43
Alexander Steen	50.2	60	60	60	40	50	40	50	42
Mike Riberio	51.3	60	33	60	48	60	48	42	48
Tim Connolly	52.0	50	60	46	48	42	60	60	50
Kyle Wellwood	52.6	60	40	60	50	60	47	60	44

Left Wings	Avg Rank	B O S	M A S	R D R	H A M	E N S	L E G	P W F	A U S
Alexander Ovechkin	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
Dany Heatley	2.2	3	2	2	2	3	3	1	2
Ilya Kovalchuk	2.5	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Henrik Zetterberg	5.0	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	4
Rick Nash	6.0	4	9	6	4	5	4	8	8
Alex Tanguay	6.7	5	4	4	6	10	10	10	5
Markus Naslund	7.7	9	6	10	7	7	7	4	12
Simon Gagne	8.0	12	13	8	8	6	6	5	6
Ladislav Nagy	8.1	7	7	7	9	8	9	11	7
Paul Kariya	10.3	8	8	9	10	14	13	12	9
Martin Havlat	12.7	13	10	11	11	11	14	16	16
Eric Cole	12.8	11	17	12	13	9	11	20	10
Brendan Shannahan	13.3	16	12	14	16	13	16	9	11
Brendan Morrow	13.3	14	19	15	15	12	12	7	13
Mark Bell	15.7	17	21	18	12	18	8	15	17
Daniel Sedin	16.6	10	18	13	14	15	18	26	19
Ryan Smyth	16.7	19	15	17	19	16	15	13	20
Keith Tkachuk	17.8	15	11	21	20	40	17	14	15
Marco Sturm	18.8	18	14	16	17	17	28	23	18
Alexander Frolov	20.3	21	16	19	22	19	23	18	25
Slava Kozlov	22.6	23	29	23	18	25	24	17	22
Sergei Samsonov	25.8	29	27	24	21	29	26	28	23
Thomas Vanek	26.3	28	22	26	24	23	30	29	29
Jussi Jokinen	27.8	20	23	20	31	33	32	34	30
Scott Hartnell	28.1	25	20	35	37	27	20	22	39
Darcy Tucker	28.3	33	31	31	28	26	19	21	38
Fredrik Modin	29.3	22	39	22	29	22	38	36	27
Andrew Brunette	29.6	26	28	29	35	31	27	30	31
Kyle Calder	29.7	32	33	30	36	20	21	32	34
Nils Ekman	32.6	41	30	28	23	36	44	31	28
Ray Whitney	34.7	34	38	40	27	42	31	33	33
Martin Erat	35.0	30	36	32	32	44	35	39	32
Martin Straka	35.1	39	60	60	28	27	22	24	21
Tomas Holmstrom	35.3	38	37	38	44	21	34	25	46
Alexander Semin	36.3	31	26	33	26	35	36	60	44
Wojtek Wolski	36.7	24	60	25	60	34	29	27	35
Jason Blake	37.8	37	40	37	38	30	42	43	36
Chris Kunitz	39.1	27	50	27	49	32	43	48	37
Cory Stillman*	39.1	36	45	36	33	60	60	19	24
Peter Schaefer	39.5	35	25	34	43	24	49	46	60
Richard Zednick	41.0	40	42	39	39	43	25	40	60
Raffi Torres	43.7	47	41	45	25	60	37	45	50
Geoff Sanderon	43.8	43	34	41	60	46	60	47	60
Mike York	46.5	60	32	60	60	60	47	39	35
John Leclair	47.7	44	43	43	45	60	50	37	60
Ruslan Fedotenko	48.0	45	60	44	46	38	41	50	60
Martin Gelinas	48.1	48	60	48	30	37	60	42	60
Ryan Malone	49.8	60	35	60	39	60	40	60	45
Martin Rucinsky	51.3	49	60	49	41	60	48	60	44
Alex Ponikarovsky	53.0	60	60	60	50	45	45	44	60

Right Wings	Avg Rank	BOS	MAS	RDR	HAM	ENS	LEG	PWF	AUS
Jaromir Jagr	1.3	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
Marian Hossa	2.7	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Jonathan Cheechoo	3.0	2	1	5	5	3	4	3	1
Daniel Alfredsson	3.1	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	3
Marian Gaborik	4.8	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5
Jarome Iginla	6.0	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6
Brian Gionta	8.1	8	7	7	8	8	13	7	7
Todd Bertuzzi	9.2	9	14	9	10	9	7	8	8
Ales Hemsky	10.3	7	13	8	13	7	10	13	12
Martin St.Louis	10.8	12	8	10	6	13	8	16	14
Steve Sullivan	12.8	17	9	16	11	11	14	14	11
Justin Williams	13.5	11	11	12	12	15	17	20	10
Alexei Kovalev	14.1	15	17	15	17	10	12	9	18
Shane Doan	14.6	16	15	18	16	16	9	12	15
Teemu Selanne	16.5	10	12	11	9	60	11	10	9
Maxim Afinogenov	16.5	13	16	14	19	12	16	25	17
Milan Hejduk	16.6	19	10	20	23	18	15	15	13
Marek Svatos	17.7	15	19	13	33	17	18	11	16
Pierre Marc Bouchard	19.3	18	17	17	25	14	20	35	39
Miroslav Satan	22.6	25	18	25	22	19	22	26	24
Michael Ryder	23.2	28	20	30	21	22	24	18	23
Colby Armstrong	24.2	22	60	19	15	26	19	60	27
Nikolai Zherdev	25.1	21	36	22	14	40	21	22	25
Petr Prucha	26.6	30	21	28	36	24	27	21	26
Joffrey Lupul	26.7	24	23	23	29	23	29	41	22
Glen Murray	27.8	29	22	26	24	20	23	60	19
Danius Zubrus	28.6	26	25	31	38	28	25	23	33
Ales Kotalik	28.8	31	29	27	20	29	33	36	26
Mike Knuble	29.0	49	24	38	18	27	28	17	31
JP Dumont	29.5	38	32	33	31	25	30	44	30
David Vyborny	30.8	20	31	21	34	60	26	34	21
Jere Lehtinen	33.2	35	30	32	39	21	39	27	43
Petr Sykora	34.3	33	26	34	35	39	32	40	36
Kristian Huselius	35.7	23	41	24	28	41	60	28	41
Mark Recchi	36.3	37	33	41	27	38	42	30	43
Steve Bernier	38.2	39	60	35	26	35	31	60	20
Jamie Langenbrunner	38.5	32	38	36	47	45	45	31	34
Patrick Eaves	39.3	43	28	42	44	34	36	60	28
Radim Vrbata	39.6	27	42	29	29	60	41	60	29
Bill Guerin	40.8	60	39	60	43	38	60	24	32
Mikael Samuelsson	42.1	34	40	39	50	37	40	37	60
Alexander Radulov	43.7	41	50	37	60	30	37	60	35
Anson Carter	44.1	48	60	47	39	60	35	19	45
Mike Sillinger	45.1	36	45	45	40	36	60	39	60
Mark Parrish	45.3	44	43	43	42	60	34	60	37
Mike Johnson	46.5	60	37	48	48	44	43	32	60
Corey Perry	47.7	40	60	40	45	33	44	60	60
Chris Neil	50.5	60	48	50	41	42	60	43	60
Chuck Kobasew	52.1	60	60	60	32	43	60	42	60
Tony Amonte	52.2	60	44	60	60	60	60	29	45

Defensemen	Avg rank	B O S	M A S	R D R	H A M	E N S	L E G	P W F	A U S
Nicklas Lidstrom	1.5	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1
Scott Neidermayer	2.7	2	1	2	4	2	2	2	7
Bryan McCabe	5.2	5	5	4	3	9	5	6	5
Sergei Gonchar	5.5	4	10	5	1	3	7	5	9
Wade Redden	5.6	8	2	11	10	4	4	4	2
Chris Pronger	6.5	9	3	9	8	7	3	3	10
Lubomir Visnovsky	7.6	3	6	3	9	5	11	12	12
Dion Phaneuf	8.2	7	7	6	15	8	6	9	8
Joni Pitkanen	8.5	6	9	8	11	6	8	16	4
Sergei Zubov	8.6	11	12	7	7	12	10	7	3
Marek Zidlicky	10.3	10	13	10	6	10	14	14	6
Tomas Kaberle	13.1	12	23	12	13	13	15	13	14
John-Michael Liles	13.8	13	14	14	5	18	21	15	11
Zdeno Chara	16.5	17	15	16	29	16	9	11	19
Kimmo Timonen	17.7	30	22	26	21	14	16	18	22
Rob Blake	18.2	27	8	23	26	19	13	10	17
Jay Bouwmeester	18.3	14	26	13	14	15	18	26	21
Mathieu Schneider	19.2	16	50	15	18	17	17	8	13
Andrei Markov	20.1	15	27	17	34	11	25	17	15
Ed Jovanovski	22.1	23	16	28	20	31	12	27	20
Paul Mara	22.2	26	18	24	16	20	19	21	34
Dan Boyle	22.2	24	20	22	22	22	30	20	18
Brian Rafalski	22.8	20	17	19	39	25	28	19	16
Andrej Mezaros	24.8	21	11	25	40	21	32	23	26
Joe Corvo	27.7	18	26	20	23	40	43	22	30
Brad Stuart	27.8	31	19	30	19	28	22	38	36
Marc-Andre Bergeron	28.8	19	31	18	30	32	34	39	28
Jaroslav Spacek	30.5	25	40	29	31	42	20	30	27
Brian Campbell	32.3	22	24	21	25	70	29	28	40
Philippe Boucher	33.2	37	29	32	50	23	42	29	24
Tom Preissing	34.0	42	33	44	37	36	23	25	32
Mike Van Ryn	37.1	50	42	43	28	35	27	34	38
Pavel Kubina	37.2	35	53	41	38	27	31	32	41
Kim Johnsson	37.3	43	21	42	17	48	35	70	23
Bryan Berard	37.8	41	36	36	12	33	38	70	37
Sheldon Souray	40.6	44	32	45	70	26	26	37	45
Dan Hamhius	41.0	46	47	50	36	37	41	24	47
Brent Seabrook	41.3	32	37	35	70	34	54	36	33
Christian Ehrhoff	42.1	38	70	31	70	41	37	47	30
Ryan Whitney	43.2	54	25	49	24	51	24	70	49
Sami Salo	44.0	29	34	33	70	45	46	70	25
Michael Rozsival	44.1	33	46	34	70	24	70	33	43
Frantisek Kaberle*	44.7	70	35	46	43	43	39	35	70
Niklas Kronwall	48.2	36	39	39	70	70	33	70	29
Keith Ballard	49.0	53	70	48	33	39	44	70	35
Matt Carle	49.2	36	70	38	27	30	36	70	31
Francois Beauchemin	49.7	40	70	37	35	38	70	70	48
Jordan Leopold	51.1	34	70	40	48	47	52	70	42
Mattias Ohlund	52.1	58	70	55	70	29	48	43	44
Freddy Meyer	53.0	70	70	70	70	54	51	70	39
Brian Pothier	54.0	28	70	27	70	44	53	70	70
Paul Martin	54.7	70	38	56	32	70	56	70	46
Jaroslav Modry	57.5	55	45	59	70	70	70	31	70
Niclas Havelid	59.1	59	70	58	70	70	70	70	70
Teppo Numminen	59.2	48	70	54	70	70	70	70	70
Roman Hamrlik	59.5	70	56	70	70	56	40	44	70
Fedor Tyutin	59.7	52	70	53	44	59	70	70	70
Greg de Vries	60.0	51	70	47	70	70	70	42	70
Andy Sutton	61.8	57	70	52	70	70	70	46	70
Derek Morris	62.1	70	43	70	70	55	49	70	70

Goalies	Avg rank	B O S	M A S	R D R	H A M	E N S	L E G	P W F	A U S
Mikka Kiprusoff	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Martin Brodeur	1.8	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Roberto Luongo	3.0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Tomas Vokoun	4.3	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4
Henrik Lundqvist	5.7	7	5	7	5	6	6	4	6
Ryan Miller	6.0	5	6	6	6	5	7	6	7
Manny Fernandez	7.3	6	7	5	10	7	8	11	5
Marty Turco	8.5	9	8	8	7	8	10	8	10
Martin Gerber	9.7	10	13	11	9	9	5	5	16
Cam Ward	11.0	8	9	9	13	10	9	16	14
Kari Lehtonen	12.8	13	18	12	16	12	11	12	9
Marc Denis	13.8	12	11	10	8	16	16	26	12
Cristobal Huet	14.0	11	10	13	40	11	12	10	15
Dominik Hasek	15.6	18	23	15	11	19	22	9	8
Dwayne Roloson	16.6	24	16	22	14	14	13	13	17
Jean-Sebastian Giguere	17.0	15	24	18	23	13	15	18	20
Vesa Toskala	18.2	14	21	14	20	21	14	19	23
Jose Theodore	19.1	23	15	23	12	20	17	14	29
Curtis Joseph	20.5	17	29	21	24	22	23	15	13
Andrew Raycroft	20.8	22	12	25	19	23	18	30	18
Marc-Andre Fleury	21.8	19	17	16	17	17	27	20	40
Hannu Toivonen	22.2	21	14	17	40	15	30	40	11
Rick DiPietro	22.5	20	26	19	15	40	19	21	30
Ilya Bryzgalov	23.2	16	22	20	21	25	21	40	21
Antero Nittymaki	24.1	26	27	26	30	18	20	27	19
Pascal Leclaire	25.3	25	20	24	18	24	28	24	40
Manny Legace	25.8	29	25	30	29	27	26	17	24
Alexander Auld	28.1	27	30	27	25	40	24	22	40
Nikolai Khabibulin	30.5	30	19	28	28	30	29	40	40
Olaf Kolzig	31.7	28	40	29	27	40	40	40	40

* Denotes a player currently on long term IR

BOS=Blades of Steel
MAS=Masarume
RDR=Real Deal Ryan
HAM=The Hammer
ENS=Ensanimal
LEG=Legend
PWF=Playing with Fire
AUS=Aussie

How did this all happen?
Eight of the Cafe’s resident Hockey buffs were kind enough to submit their draft day cheat sheets for ranking. Each individual sheet consisted of the top 50 centers and wingers, the top 60 defensemen, and the top 30 goalies as ranked by each participant.

Elements such as age, team, talent level, past performance, linemates, contract year…etc, were taken into account when ranking players individually before submission.

The scores were added together to get a mean total, then divided by the number of rankers that submitted, giving us our average score. Any player not ranked by a particular ranker was given a score of 60 for forwards, 70 for defense, and 40 for goalies to even things out.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to compile a cheat sheet and share them with the rest of us, and good luck to everyone with their seasons!

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