Goalie's Take Biggest Hit in Updated Player Rankings

FF Staff | National Hockey League

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The first update to the top 50 list shows the top staying relatively the same.  The top projected goalies took the biggest hits.  Patrick Kane earns a spot.  This list will be updated every Friday.
Rankings take into account past success, current production and future projections.  If you were to draft today, this is how I would see the first five rounds breaking down.

Rk. Player Pos. Team Note
1 Sidney Crosby C Pit Only on pace for 110 points.  The -4 rating is worrisome
2 Dany Heatley LW Ott Continues to fill the net
3 Joe Thornton C SJ If only, for once, he could have a good October
4 Henrik Zetterberg LW Det The most productive player so far
5 Alexander Ovechkin LW Was Starting to find a groove
6 Jarome Iginla RW Cgy Great numbers across the board
7 Evgeni Malkin C Pit I was wrong.  Looks like a top 5 player
8 Jason Spezza C Ott It must be fun to have Alfredsson and Heatley on your wings
9 Daniel Alfredsson RW Ott A lot better start then last year
10 Vincent Lecavalier C TB Has yet to score a PP goal
11 Jaromir Jagr RW NYR Certainly looks like he misses Nylander
12 Martin Brodeur G NJ Brodeur can't wait to get home
13 Roberto Luongo G Van Needs to start winning
14 Pavel Datsyuk C Det Benefiting from Zetterberg's start
15 Marian Hossa RW Atl He can only hope for a trade
16 Marian Gaborik RW Min Hasn't cashed in on Wild's strong start
17 Ilya Kovalchuk LW Atl Will see better games ahead
18 Henrik Lundqvist G NYR If only the Rangers could score
19 Dion Phaneuf D Cgy Took another huge step
20 Chris Pronger D Ana Continues to be a top D-man
21 Niklas Backstrom G Min Cashing in on the Wild's great start
22 Olli Jokinen C Fla Found his scoring touch in Philly
23 Daniel Briere C Phi On pace for first 100 point season
24 Marc Savard C Bos Piling up assists, as usual
25 J.S. Giguere G Ana Should start showing top form
26 Michael Cammalleri C LA 10 goals is impressive
27 Daniel Sedin LW Van Needs to keep up pace
28 Joe Sakic C Col Only averaging 2.5 shots a game
29 Thomas Vanek LW Buf Hasn't found touch, yet
30 Sergei Gonchar D Pit Decent offensive output
31 Henrik Sedin C Van Needs to increase pace
32 Patrick Kane C Chi Barring injury; 07/08 Calder winner
33 Anze Kopitar C LA Point per game pace
34 Cam Ward G Car Standing on his head
35 Rick Nash LW CBJ Finally showing full potential
36 Tomas Holmstrom LW Det Nine out of his 11 pts have come on PP
37 Rod Brind'Amour C Car On pace for first career 100 pt season
38 Brian Rolston LW Min Helping Minnesota win
39 Milan Hejduk RW Col Not the worst start, but will have a hot streak soon
40 Paul Stastny C Col Five goals on 19 shots; shoot the puck
41 Niklas Lidstrom D Det Will be a top 5 D-man at the end
42 Lubomir Visnovsky D LA See above
43 Miikka Kiprusoff G Cgy Traditional slow-starter
44 Evgeni Nabokov G SJ San Jose needs to find a back-up, so he can stay fresh
45 Simon Gagne LW Phi Hopefully, he won't miss substantial time
46 Brian Campbell D Buf Dominating on the power play
47 Marty Turco G Dal Save old Marty
48 Eric Staal C Car Didn't think he'd be this good
49 Zach Parise C NJ New Jersey's best play maker
50 Milan Michalek RW SJ Good start, room to improve

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