2006-07 Top 50 Keepers

By Jason Wiedman

It is never too early to start considering your fantasy keeper choices for the upcoming season. The 2006-07 NHL season is still far away but here is an early look at keeper rankings. Keep in mind that much can and probably will changed between now and the completion of the NHL off-season.

Rank #	Player Name	Position	Team
1	Ovechkin, Alexander	LW	WAS
2	Crosby, Sidney	C	PIT
3	Thornton, Joe	C	SJ
4	Kovalchuk, Ilya	LW	ATL
5	Kiprusoff, Miikka	G	CAL
6	Heatley, Dany	RW	OTT
7	Staal, Eric	C	CAR
8	Nash, Rick	LW	CBJ
9	Spezza, Jason	C	OTT
10	Alfredsson, Daniel	RW	OTT
11	Brodeur, Martin	G	NJ
12	Jagr, Jaromir	RW	NYR
13	Cheechoo, Jonathan	RW	SJ
14	Elias, Patrick	LW	NJ
15	Hossa, Marian	RW	ATL
16	Zetterberg, Henrik	LW	DET
17	Luongo, Roberto	G	FLA
18	Jokinen, Olli	C	FLA
19	Gaborik, Marion	RW	MIN
20	Lundqvist, Henrik	G	NYR
21	Lidstrom, Nicklas	D	DET
22	Datsyuk, Pavel	C	DET
23	Redden, Wade	D	OTT
24	Miller, Ryan	G	BUF
25	Iginla, Jarome	RW	CAL
26	Richards, Brad	C	TB
27	Marleau, Patrick	C	SJ
28	Tanguay, Alex	LW	COL
29	Phaneuf, Dion	D	CAL
30	Sakic, Joe	C	COL
31	Gagne, Simon	LW	PHI
32	Niedermayer, Scott	D	ANA
33	Turco, Marty	G	DAL
34	Briere, Daniel	C	BUF
35	Gonchar, Sergei	D	PIT
36	Vokoun, Tomas	G	NAS
37	Savard, Marc	C	ATL
38	Malkin, Evgeni	C	PIT
39	Pronger, Chris	D	EDM
40	Gionta, Brian	RW	NJ
41	Forsberg, Peter	C	PHI
42	Lecavelier, Vincent	C	TB
43	Chara, Zdeno	D	OTT
44	Doan, Shane	RW	PHO
45	Ward, Cam	G	CAR
46	McCabe, Bryan	D	TOR
47	Lehtonen, Kari	G	ATL
48	Nagy, Ladislav	LW	PHO
49	Sundin, Mats	C	TOR
50	Naslund, Marcus	LW	VAN