NHL Player Rankings

So I figured since I have done the team rankings, and I wanna make this site about hockey, and in particular fantasy hockey, I would start off my second day of posting with the top ranked players so far in this season.

I will start with hot starts.

Top Three (Yahoo O-Rank)

Centers 

Steven Stamkos (3): With three apples Wednesday night in Tampa he now has 18 points through nine games Stamkos has by far been the best player in the league so far, his 8 Goals rank second in the NHL.  Stamkos has seven power play points and seems to have started right where he left off last year with Martin St. Louis.

Joe Thornton (20) : Having a huge break out game Wednesday night (3-2-5) and back with his line mates from last year I had to move him to the top three.  It looks like Jumbo Joe should be a force again this year and be in the running for the Art Ross Trophy.

Ryan Getzlaf (30): Currently second in the league in scoring with 13 points (all in the last seven games) the Ducks have a dominate scoring threat every time Getzlaf and his line touches the ice.

Honorable Mentions include: Sidney Crosby: 6-6-12 through 10 games and Henrik Sedin: 0-11-11 through 9 games. Which places both Crosby and H. Sedin in the top five in scoring to start the season.

Left Wing

Patrick Sharp (212): Patrick Sharp (9-3-12) was a steal in all yahoo leagues.  He was drafted pretty high because everyone knew he would be an integral part of the Hawks success this year, but in some leagues people wouldn't even notice him because of how far down the list he was.  He has started the year off with a BANG.

Daniel Sedin (9): Daniel Sedin (7-5-12) has been taking feeds from Henrik and is off to a hot start.  He was the best player in the NHL last year for points per game so it is not a huge thing to see Daniel near the top of the scoring leaders.

Andrei Kostitsyn (110): As I previously stated in my last entry, Andrei Kostitsyn (6-4-10) has been on fire as of late, and has now scored five goals in his last 5 games.  Kostitsyn has six goals on the season which is huge because it took him over two months to obtain his sixth goal last year (he got number six on December 12th last year if you were wondering).

Honorable mentions include: Andrew Ladd (4-6-10) and Patrick Marleau (3-7-10) 

Right Wing

Chris Stewart (62): Stewart (5-6-11) playing with Paul Stastny is playing like a top flight right winger.

Martin St. Louis (22): With St. Louis (5-7-12) playing alongside the Stammer (Steven Stamkos) St. Louis is off to a blazing start for the Lightning.  

Marian Hossa (71): Hossa has had a pretty nice start with the Hawks this season, Yahoo having him ranked 71 was a bit surprising after he had been a top 30 player in Yahoo! Fantasy every year.  I know he wasn't on a top line last year, but after all the departures (Ladd, Byfuglien, etc) I would have thought Yahoo! would have had him ranked a little higher. 

Honorable mentions include: Dany Heatley (3-7-10) and Corey Perry (4-6-10)

Defense

James Wisniewski (169): Despite missing a couple games due to suspension, Wisniewski, is actually leading the New York Islanders in points with 11 through his seven games.  Yes folks, I said it, 11 points in 7 games (i know its early, but had he been eligible to play all 82 games thats a 129 point pace for 82 games)

John-Michael Liles (201): Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey, John-Michael Liles?  I guess now you can talk about him in a sentence with those guys after the record he broke this week.  Liles (0-11-11) is putting up huge numbers this season and is currently riding a nine game point streak to start the season a new NHL record amongst d-man.

Kris Letang (182): A short handed assist Wednesday night gave Letang his ninth point of the season.  

Honorable mentions include: Nick Lidstrom (1-7-8) in the Red Wings seven games and Edmonton`s Ryan Whitney (0-8-8)


Well there you have it, my top three at each position thus far into the season.  Things to look forward to: Goalie Rankings, Predictions for Hardware, Other Predictions, and Many More.  Thanks for visiting and feel free to comment as you please.