2007-08 Fantasy Rankings: Top 120

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Here is the top 120. This list will be updated weekly throughout the regular season.



Top 120
Rank Player Pos. Pos. Rank Team Comment
1 Sidney Crosby C C1 PIT 1) Hart 2) Ross 3) Pearson
2 Dany Heatley RW RW1 OTT Contract year, 50+ goals
3 Martin Brodeur G G1 NJ Solidifies any team's goalie numbers
4 Joe Thornton C C2 SJ Best passer in the game
5 Roberto Luongo G G2 VAN Needs at least one more great year before overtaking Brodeur
6 Jaromir Jagr RW RW2 NYR Still one of the best
7 Alexander Ovechkin LW LW1 WAS Will win the Rocket Richard trophy this year
8 Marian Hossa RW RW3 ATL Consistent across the board
9 Miikka Kiprusoff G G3 CGY Will bounce back to the top 10
10 Vincent Lecavalier C C3 TB Only needs to improve +/-
11 Nicklas Lidstrom D D1 DET Age doesn't seem to factor
12 Jarome Iginla RW RW4 CGY Has yet to have a 100 pt season
13 Martin St. Louis RW RW5 TB An every other year player. Expect a decline
14 Ilya Kovalchuk LW LW2 ATL Dominates the power play
15 Martin Havlat RW RW6 CHI If healthy, one of the best.  Averaged a point per game last year
16 Marian Gaborik RW RW7 MIN Like Havlat, health is only concern
17 Jason Spezza C C4 OTT Contract year, needs to take the next step
18 Chris Pronger D D2 ANA Would've have set a career high in points had he not missed time
19 Henrik Lundqvist G G4 NYR Has been consistent over his 123 career games
20 Dominik Hasek G G5 DET Red Wings goalie = 15 shots against and wins
21 Olli Jokinen C C5 FLA Flies beneath the radar playing in Florida
22 Scott Niedermayer D D3 AMA Retirement is still a big question
23 Thomas Vanek LW LW3 BUF Becoming the Sabres focal point
24 Ryan Whitney D D4 PIT Needs to convert more opportunities on the PP
25 Pavel Datsyuk C C6 DET A great option on a great team
26 Lubomir Visnovsky D D5 LA Should rise to the top this year
27 Marc Savard C C7 BOS Lots of power play points
28 Henrik Zetterberg LW LW4 DET Just as good as Datsyuk
29 Evgeni Nabokov G G6 SJ Should see an increase in all of his numbers
30 Mike Cammalleri C C8 LA At least another 80 points this year
31 Joe Sakic C C9 COL 274 points over the last three years
32 Jean-Sebastien Giguere G G7 ANA If only he could play in a Cup finals mind frame for an entire season
33 Sergei Gonchar D D6 PIT Gets plenty of power play points and stupid hooking penalties
34 Niklas Backstrom G G8 MIN Excellent numbers, but still unproven
35 Evgeni Malkin C C10 PIT An improvement over last year (85 pts) isn't out of the question
36 Daniel Sedin LW LW5 VAN Steady improvement over last three years
37 Sheldon Souray D D7 EDM Last year's +/- is scary, but puts the points up
38 Tomas Kaberle D D8 TOR Continues to put up good numbers
39 Dion Phaneuf D D9 CGY Almost identical numbers over first two years
40 Jonathan Cheechoo RW RW8 SJ As long as he's on Thornton's line he'll score
41 Marty Turco G G9 DAL Still an elite goalie
42 Milan Hejduk RW RW9 COL Nothing spectacular, expect about 70 points a year
43 Cristobal Huet G G10 MON Has the talent to be a top 10 goaltender
44 Alexander Semin LW LW6 WAS Needs to become less streaky
45 Tomas Vokoun G G11 FLA Wins might be a problem, but everything else is good
46 Kari Lehtonen G G12 ATL Hasn't hit his prime yet
47 Ryan Miller G G13 BUF Should see a loss in wins, but still solid
48 Jay Bouwmeester D D10 FLA Good overall numbers for a D-man
49 Simon Gagne LW LW7 PHI Briere should give him more chances
50 Henrik Sedin C C11 VAN Has improved in each of the last three years
51 Alexander Frolov LW LW8 LA Should be hitting his prime soon
52 Michael Nylander C C12 WAS Wouldn't be surprised if he has 70 assists this year
53 Daniel Briere C C13 PHI Needs to put the puck in the net more
54 Daniel Alfredsson RW RW10 OTT Should be scoring more goals
55 Scott Gomez C C14 NYR Will have his best season to date
56 Patrick Marleau C C15 SJ Solid overall player
57 Maxim Afinogenov RW RW11 BUF Needs to stay healthy, averaged a point per game last year
58 Rick DiPietro G G14 NYI He can only stand on his head for so many games
59 Milan Michalek RW RW12 SJ Could hit his prime this year
60 Marc-Andre Fleury G G15 PIT Should get lots of wins, needs an increas in save %
61 Vyacheslav Kozlov LW LW9 ATL Just gets the job done
62 Mats Sundin C C16 TOR At least 72 points in each of the last 11 years
63 Alex Tanguay LW LW10 CGY 79, 78 and 81 pts over the last three season
64 Kristian Huselius LW LW11 FLA Made a big jump last year
65 Bryan McCabe D D11 TOR Good point production and PIM
66 Chris Drury C C17 NYR Had career best 69 points last year
67 Eric Staal C C18 CAR Took a big step back last year
68 Paul Statsny C C19 COL Needs to avoid the sophomore slump
69 Teemu Selanne RW RW13 ANA If he plays, he'll put up the numbers
70 Patrik Elias LW LW12 NJ Someone has to score for the Devils
71 Peter Budaj G G16 COL Colorado's best option
72 Dan Boyle D D12 TB Lots of points from this D-man
73 Brian Rolston RW RW14 MIN Not getting any younger, but still producing
74 Ryan Smyth LW LW13 COL Doesn't have overwhelming numbers but a good fourth option
75 Rick Nash LW LW14 CLS Potential is there, but has yet to have more than 57 pts in a season
76 Brendan Shanahan LW LW15 NYR Plenty of points on the power play, health is a concern
77 Justin Williams RW RW15 CAR Mark him down for 70 points
78 Paul Kariya LW LW16 STL Continues to score
79 Kimmo Timonen D D13 PHI Nashville will miss him
80 Andy McDonald C C20 ANA Underrated over the last two years
81 Tomas Holmstrom LW LW17 DET Produces in every category
82 Sergei Zubov D D14 DAL A great offensive D-man
83 Rod Brind'Amour C C21 CAR Might have one more respectable season in him
84 Pavol Demitra RW RW16 MIN Still has a few more good years
85 Mikolai Khabibiulin G G17 CHI If he's good, Chicago will be good
86 Jason Pominville RW RW17 BUF Needs to raise production to compensate for Drury/Breire
87 Brad Richards C C22 TB Needs to regain 05-06 form
88 Derek Roy C C23 BUF Could be the most valuable Sabre
89 Zdeno Chara D D15 BOS Playing on Boston lowered his +/- by 38 last year
90 Manny Legace G G18 STL Good potential as St. Louis should be better
91 Brian Rafalski D D16 DET Could be a better fit then Schneider
92 Martin Biron G G19 PHI A big part of the potentially dangerous Flyers
93 Markus Naslund LW LW18 VAN Has declined over the last four years
94 Vesa Toskala G G20 SJ Should see more starts this  year
95 Chris Mason G G21 NSH Will see his starts increased, but his team is considerably worse
96 Chris Kunitz LW LW19 ANA Good player, good upside
97 Zach Parise C C24 NJ Needs to build off a great year
98 Ray Emery G G22 OTT Not an elite goaltender by any means, still he's only 25
99 Mathieu Schneider D D17 ANA Value would go up if Niedermayer calls it quits
100 Philippe Boucher D D18 DAL PIM and PPP make him a solid choice
101 Patrice Bergeron C C25 BOS Has never lived up to his hype, but he still is 22
102 Scott Hartnell LW LW20 PHI Lots of upside
103 John-Michael Liles D D19 COL Should have a career year
104 Brian Campbell D D20 BUF Numbers might go down, but still a solid pick
105 Cam Ward G G23 CAR You could do worse for a number two goalie
106 Erik Cole LW LW21 CAR Decent numbers, nothing spectacular
107 Keith Tkachuk LW LW22 STL Potential for increased numbers with Kariya in the fold
108 Olaf Kolzig G G24 WAS Still a decent option in net
109 Brian Gionta RW RW18 NJ Needs to have a bounce back year
110 Manny Fernandez G G25 BOS Will be the #1 in Beantown
111 Johan Holmqvist G G26 TB Could be Tampa's best option
112 Ryan Getzlaf C C26 ANA Needs to build on a great post-season
113 Corey Perry RW RW19 ANA This could be the year he explodes
114 Andrei Markov D D21 MON Should be able to take on some of Souray's production
115 Alexei Zhitnik D D22 ATL Won't kill you in any category
116 Jason Blake LW LW23 TOR The move to Toronto should increase numbers
117 Daymond Langkow C C27 CGY Continues to thrive because of his line's chemistry
118 Matt Carle D D23 SJ Should be fine as long as he's on SJ's PP
119 Marc-Andre Bergeron D D24 NYI No gaudy numbers, but he get's the job done
120 Kevin Bieksa D D25 VAN He probably won't be better then last year

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