With the beginning of NHL camps, it’s time to get into fantasy hockey mode. The newest section of Faceoff-Factor will cover hockey from a fantasy perspective all year long. To begin, here are the top 50 left wingers. Stay tuned the rest of the week for the top 50 right wingers, defenders, goalies and centers. Also, the overall top 120 list. Rankings compiled by Michael Farkas and Adam Jennings
Left Wingers
| Rank |
Player |
Team |
|
1 |
Alexander Ovechkin |
WAS |
|
2 |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
ATL |
|
3 |
Thomas Vanek |
BUF |
|
4 |
Henrik Zetterberg |
DET |
|
5 |
Daniel Sedin |
VAN |
|
6 |
Alexander Semin |
WAS |
|
7 |
Simon Gagne |
PHI |
|
8 |
Alexander Frolov |
LA |
|
9 |
Vyacheslav Kozlov |
ATL |
|
10 |
Alex Tanguay |
CGY |
|
11 |
Kristian Huselius |
FLA |
|
12 |
Patrik Elias |
NJ |
|
13 |
Ryan Smyth |
COL |
|
14 |
Rick Nash |
CLS |
|
15 |
Brendan Shanahan |
NYR |
|
16 |
Paul Kariya |
STL |
|
17 |
Tomas Holmstrom |
DET |
|
18 |
Markus Naslund |
VAN |
|
19 |
Chris Kunitz |
ANA |
|
20 |
Scott Hartnell |
PHI |
|
21 |
Erik Cole |
CAR |
|
22 |
Keith Tkachuk |
STL |
|
23 |
Jason Blake |
TOR |
|
24 |
Ray Whitney |
CAR |
|
25 |
Marco Sturm |
BOS |
|
| Rank |
Player |
Team |
|
26 |
Brendan Morrow |
DAL
|
|
27 |
Ladislav Nagy |
LA
|
|
28 |
Wojtek Wolski |
COL
|
|
29 |
Jussi Jokinen |
DAL
|
|
30 |
Taylor Pyatt |
VAN
|
|
31 |
Dustin Brown |
LA
|
|
32 |
Alexei Ponikarovsky |
TOR
|
|
33 |
Fredrik Modin |
CLS
|
|
34 |
Gary Roberts |
PIT
|
|
35 |
Martin Gelinas |
NSH
|
|
36 |
Andrew Brunette |
COL
|
|
37 |
Peter Schaefer |
BOS
|
|
38 |
Ryan Malone |
PIT
|
|
39 |
Sean Avery |
NYR
|
|
40 |
Ruslan Fedotenko |
NYI
|
|
41 |
Andrei Kostitsyn |
MON
|
|
42 |
Cory Stillman |
CAR
|
|
43 |
Ryan Clowe |
SJ
|
|
44 |
Ville Peltonen |
FLA
|
|
45 |
Martin Rucinsky |
STL
|
|
46 |
Kyle Calder |
LA
|
|
47 |
Geoff Sanderson |
EDM
|
|
48 |
PJ Axelsson |
BOS
|
|
49 |
Richard Zednik |
FLA
|
|
50 |
Andrew Ladd |
CAR
|
|
Comments
Ford
Sep 14, 10:29 AM
Where’s Heatley?
Matt Bodenschatz
Sep 14, 10:50 AM
He’s among the right wings — ranked #1.
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