As we near the halfway mark of the NHL season, some centres who were highly ranked have disappointed so far (Getzlaf, Briere) while others have been held back by injuries (Crosby, Carter). Moving up this month: The Bruins (Bergeron, Krejci), Pavel Datsyuk, and Logan Couture.
Centre Rankings -->> Top 30
1. 
Steven Stamkos, C (1)
2. 
Henrik Sedin, C (3)
3. 
Evgeni Malkin, C (4)
4. 
Jonathan Toews, C (5)
5. 
Nicklas Backstrom, C (6)
Note: Centres are ranked for their expected performance from this point to the end of the 2011-2012 season using standard scoring league categories: Goals, Assists, Power Play Points, Shots on Goal, Plus/Minus, Penalty Minutes, and Average Time on Ice. Last month's ranking is indicated in parentheses.
6. 
Pavel Datsyuk, C (9)
7. 
Anze Kopitar, C (7)
8. 
Mikko Koivu, C (11)
9. 
Brad Richards, C (10)
10. 
Eric Staal, C (12)
11. 
Jason Spezza, C (18)
12. 
Patrice Bergeron, C (24)
13. 
Logan Couture, C (25)
14. Joe Thornton, C (14)
15. 
Stephen Weiss, C (13)
16. 
Ryan Getzlaf, C (8)
17. David Krejci, C (28)
18. 
John Tavares, C (21)
19. Mike Richards, C (17)
20. Vincent Lecavalier, C (16)
21. 
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C (15)
22. 
Jeff Carter, C (20)
23. 
Mikhail Grabovski, C (27)
24. 
Tomas Plekanec, C (22)
25. 
Mike Ribeiro, C (off)
26. 
Danny Briere, C (19)
27. 
Adam Henrique, C (off)
28. Jordan Staal, C (23)
29. 
Olli Jokinen, C (off)
30. Sidney Crosby, C (2)
On the bubble: Matt Duchene, Paul Stastny, Bryan Little, Tim Connolly, Derek Stepan
**Re: position designations--if a player is listed with dual eligibility of W/C, he will be ranked among the wings.
If he is listed as a LW/RW he will be ranked at the position where he sees/has seen the most ice time.
***ESPN continues to add dual position eligibility, however, I am not updating as we'd be left with very few pure centres. It is a bit arbitrary, but should improve one's ability to make player comparisons (by dividing the forwards out somewhat more evenly).
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