Ezzy’s Fantasy Rankings

Illegal Curve’s own Ezra Ginsburg has happily contributed his Fantasy Hockey Rankings. They include top 50 scoring leaders, top 10 defensemen and top 10 goalies. They are here below and also included as a word .doc document. Available here Ezzy’s Projected Scoring Leaders.doc

Top 50 Projected Overall Scoring Leaders

Projected totals (Goals, Assists, Points) for the 2010’11 NHL Regular Season in parenthesis

** Denotes player’s point totals from the 2009’10 NHL Regular Season

1. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (50-70-120) **109
2. Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (60-55-115) **109
3. Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks (30-78-108) **89
4. Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals (27-75-102) **101
5. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (40-60-100) **77
6. Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (50-48-98) **95
7. Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils (50-46-96) **85
8. Martin St.Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning (35-60-95) **94
9. Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks (35-60-95) **85
10. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings (40-52-92) **81
11. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings (27-63-90) **70
12. Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks (20-70-90) **112
13. Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils (40-47-87) **82
14. Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames (33-53-86) **69
15. Paul Stastny, Colorado Avalanche (35-50-85) **79
16. Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks (28-57-85) **69
17. Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning (32-51-83) **70
18. Brad Richards, Dallas Stars (25-57-82) **91
19. Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks (40-42-82) **82
20. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks (35-45-80) **88
21. Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators (30-50-80) **57
22. Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks (40-40-80) **83
23. Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks (34-44-78) **76
24. Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes (32-45-77) **70
25. Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets (36-41-77) **67
26. Travis Zajac, New Jersey Devils (28-49-77) **67
27. Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings (30-46-76) **70
28. Bobby Ryan, Anaheim Ducks (36-39-75) **64
29. Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks (35-40-75) **68
30. John Tavares, New York Islanders (35-38-73) **54
31. Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers (27-44-71) **62
32. Nathan Horton, Boston Bruins (37-33-70) **67
33. Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers (30-41-71) **Rookie
34. Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers (36-34-70) **61
35. Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals (35-35-70) **84
36. Mike Green, Washington Capitals (23-47-70) **76
37. Marc Savard, Boston Bruins (23-46-69) **33
38. Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks (33-35-68) **57
39. Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators (25-43-68) **71
40. Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers (35-33-68) **86
41. Simon Gagne, Tampa Bay Lightning (30-37-67) **40
42. Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers (25-41-66) **47
43. Brad Boyes, St.Louis Blues (35-31-66) **42
44. Daniel Briere, Philadelphia Flyers (30-35-65) **53
45. Ales Hemsky, Edmonton Oilers (35-30-65) **22
46. Martin Havlat, Minnesota Wild (25-40-65) **54
47. Michael Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens (30-34-64) **50
48. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings (20-44-64) **59
49. Dustin Brown, Los Angeles Kings (30-33-63) **56
50. Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks (16-46-62) **58

Top 10 Projected Defensemen Scoring Leaders

Projected totals (Goals, Assists, Points) for the 2010’11 NHL Regular Season in parenthesis

** Denotes player’s point totals from the 2009’10 NHL Regular Season

1. Mike Green, Washington Capitals (23-47-70) **76
2. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings (20-44-64) **59
3. Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks (16-46-62) **58
4. Sergei Gonchar, Ottawa Senators (14-46-60) **50
5. Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks (12-44-56) **69
6. Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins (10-43-53) **44
7. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings (10-40-50) **49
8. Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens (11-35-46) **34
9. Shea Weber, Nashville Predators (15-30-45) **43
10. Alex Edler, Vancouver Canucks (9-35-44)**42

Top 10 Projected Goalie Leaders

Projected totals (Wins) for the 2010’11 NHL Regular Season in parenthesis

** Denotes goalie’s win totals from the 2009’10 NHL Regular Season

1. Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks (43) **40
2. Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils (40) **45
3. Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres (39) **41
4. Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings (38) **37
5. Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins (37) **22
6. Marty Turco, Chicago Blackhawks (35) **22
7. Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins (34) **37
8. Jonathan Bernier, Los Angeles Kings (33) **3
9. Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames (33) **35
10. Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes (32) **18