Big Board: Hockey
By Matt Romig, Yahoo! Sports Jan 28, 8:27 pm EST
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The Big Board takes into consideration past returns, current performance and expected future gains in determining who should be included among the top 50 fantasy hockey players. Essentially, the Big Board is a cheat sheet designed for a fantasy owner who is planning to participate in a draft today for a league counting stats for the remainder of the regular season only. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Hockey default scoring settings are used as the baseline for the Big Board.
| Big Board 50: Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Stock | Pvs. |
| 1 | Alexander Ovechkin, Was, LW | Only game in last 11 w/o a point was a 7-2 win. That’s curious. | 1 |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby(notes), Pit, C | Last 10: 9 goals, 9 assists, plus-3, 5 PPP. | 3 |
| 3 | Martin Brodeur(notes), NJ, G | Losses in 6 of 8. Only 12 goals of support in that stretch. | 2 |
| 4 | Roberto Luongo(notes), Van, G | 6-game win streak: .934 save pct., 1.99 GAA. | 4 |
| 5 | Evgeni Malkin(notes), Pit, C | Goal drought forgiven: 5 goals, 5 assists in last 5 games. | 5 |
| 6 | Evgeni Nabokov(notes), SJ, G | Impressive stretch of 8 goals allowed in last 7 games (6 wins). | 6 |
| 7 | Mike Green(notes), Was, D | Just 3 assists, 2 PPA short of career highs. 19 pts. in last 17 gms. | 7 |
| 8 | Ryan Miller(notes), Buf, G | Celebrated end of 7-game road trip with 2-1 win vs. NJ Jan.27. | 8 |
| 9 | Dany Heatley(notes), SJ, LW | Notched 30th goal Jan. 23. Make it 6 career 30-goal seasons. | 10 |
| 10 | Henrik Sedin(notes), Van, C | Since Dec. 1: 10 goals, 38 assists, 48 pts. in 27 games. | 11 |
| 11 | Daniel Sedin(notes), Van, LW | Last 27 games: 13 goals, 28 assists, plus-20, 9 PPP. | 18 |
| 12 | Patrick Kane(notes), Chi, RW | Youngest Blackhawks player to reach 200 pts. (215 games). | 12 |
| 13 | Ilya Kovalchuk(notes), Atl, LW | Kovalchuk sweepstakes rumored to be down to four teams. | 9 |
| 14 | Patrick Marleau(notes), SJ, C/LW | Has 2 10-goal months this season. None in previous 11 seasons. | 15 |
| 15 | Joe Thornton(notes), SJ, C | 43-PIM pace is on target for lowest total since rookie year. | 13 |
| 16 | Corey Perry(notes), Ana, RW | It’s been 18 games since his last multi-point effort. | 14 |
| 17 | Henrik Lundqvist(notes), NYR, G | 4-game slide: .849 save pct., 4.14 GAA. | 16 |
| 18 | Marian Hossa(notes), Chi, RW | January: 8 goals, 5 assists, plus-8 in 12 games. | 22 |
| 19 | Miikka Kiprusoff(notes), Cal, G | Team-wide struggles: 8 goals of support in 7 straight losses. | 17 |
| 20 | Ryan Getzlaf(notes), Ana, C | Again, we expected 100 pts., so 80-pt. pace looks worse. | 19 |
| 21 | Marian Gaborik(notes), NYR, RW | Only 1 goal in last 11. No points in 3 since fight w/Carcillo. | 20 |
| 22 | Nicklas Backstrom(notes), Was, C | Next goal will match career high (22) with 20-plus gms to spare. | 25 |
| 23 | Jarome Iginla(notes), Cal, RW | Finally snapped 11-game goal drought w/tally on Jan. 27. | 21 |
| 24 | Dan Boyle(notes), SJ, D | 11 points in last 7 but missed last 2 with UBI. | 26 |
| 25 | Alexander Semin(notes), Was, LW | 7-game hot streak: 6 goals, 8 assists, plus-7, 8 PIM. | 27 |
| 26 | Martin St. Louis(notes), TB, RW | Shooting pct. says he’s been unlucky. Goal pace picked up in Jan. | 29 |
| 27 | Rick Nash(notes), Cls, LW | Five goals in last 6; Gordie Howe trick on Jan. 23. | 30 |
| 28 | Zach Parise(notes), NJ, LW | 36-goal pace. We’ll probably be drafted for mid-30s next year. | 23 |
| 29 | Henrik Zetterberg(notes), Det, LW/C | Just 2 goals in last 20, 13 total points. | 28 |
| 30 | Pavel Datsyuk(notes), Det, C | Sign of life: 3 goals, 1 assist in last 2. | 31 |
| 31 | Chris Pronger(notes), Phi, D | Enjoying most prolific scoring month since Nov. 2007. | 33 |
| 32 | Mike Richards(notes), Phi, C | Just 2 points in last 5. One goal in last 8. | 34 |
| 33 | Jonathan Toews(notes), Chi, C | Seven points in last 6. Goals in back-to-back games. | 35 |
| 34 | Eric Staal(notes), Car, C | Another second-half push underway: 9 goals in last 9 games. | 39 |
| 35 | Tomas Vokoun(notes), Fla, G | No. 1 goalie in last month: 7 W, 3 SO, 1.68 GAA. | 46 |
| 36 | Alex Burrows(notes), Van, LW | 12-game point streak finally snapped (13 goals, 6 assists). | 36 |
| 37 | Jimmy Howard(notes), Det, G | Overtime hasn’t been kind: 3 OTL in last 5 games. | 24 |
| 38 | Marc-Andre Fleury(notes), Pit, G | Back from IR stint with third straight win Monday (28 saves). | 38 |
| 39 | Jeff Carter(notes), Phi, C | Sniper has 8 goals in last 9, 6 points on power-play. | 40 |
| 40 | Nicklas Lidstrom(notes), Det, D | Point-per-game in January; 22 points in last 27. | 44 |
| 41 | Duncan Keith(notes), Chi, D | Two assists Jan. 26 established new career high (37). | 41 |
| 42 | Craig Anderson(notes), Col, G | No. 2 goalie over last month: 8 W, 2 SO, 1.78 GAA. | 47 |
| 43 | Drew Doughty(notes), LA, D | 20-year-old has more PPP than Pronger, Lidstrom, Gonchar, etc. | - |
| 44 | Vincent Lecavalier(notes), TB, C | Last 8: 4 goals, 8 assists, 6 power-play points. | 43 |
| 45 | Steven Stamkos(notes), TB, C | Three-game goal streak; points in 9 of last 12. | 49 |
| 46 | Sergei Gonchar(notes), Pit, D | Six points in last 4, all but 1 on the man-advantage. | 45 |
| 47 | Marc Savard(notes), Bos, C | Could return Friday for first game action since Jan. 7. | 37 |
| 48 | Tim Thomas(notes), Bos, G | Four straight losses. Backup Rask has lost three straight. | 32 |
| 49 | Cam Ward(notes), Car, G | Quietly turning season around: 7 wins. .936 save pct. in Jan. | 50 |
| 50 | Andrei Markov(notes), Mon, D | January to forget: just 5 points, no goals in 12 games. | 48 |
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DROPPED OUT: Zdeno Chara(notes), Bos, D
ON THE BUBBLE: Shea Weber(notes), Nas, D; Mikko Koivu(notes), Min, C; Shane Doan(notes), Pho, RW; Jaroslav Halak(notes), Mon, G; Anze Kopitar(notes), LA, C; Brad Richards(notes), Dal, C; Jamie Langenbrunner(notes), NJ, RW; Ilya Bryzgalov(notes), Pho, G; Rene Bourque(notes), Cal, LW/RW; Patrick Sharp(notes), Chi, C/RW; Cristobal Huet(notes), Chi, G; Michael Cammalleri(notes), Mon, LW; Bobby Ryan(notes), Ana, RW/LW; Simon Gagne(notes), Phi, LW; Daniel Alfredsson(notes), Ott, RW; Dion Phaneuf(notes), Cal, D; Jason Spezza(notes), Ott, C; Tim Connolly(notes), Buf, C; Martin Havlat(notes), Min, RW; Alex Kovalev(notes), Ott, RW. Rankings and statistics through games of Wednesday, Jan. 27. |
