January Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Centres
by Diomedes7 on Jan 7, 2012 9:39 AM EST
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PrintAs 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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Jason Spezza
no I am not from Ottawa, but what they are doing there they have done with, until recently, very poor goaltending.
Anderson is finally (knock on wood) rounding back into form and the young D should improve 2nd half.
Spezza has been the catalyst and as long as he remains healthy I don’t see him dropping off
having him behind Kopitar (the talent is there, performance is not) and Koivu (who does more with less than he) I don’t agree but can understand.
behind Brad Richards? (who to this point has been riding the rest of the teams coattails) and Eric Staal, no I say, this is unforgivable! ;-)
ranked for their expected performance from this point to the end of the 2011-2012 season
I understand the caveat, but the arbitrary nature can only explain so much.
Spezza should be at #7
Brad Richards – there are at least 6 centers below him I would rather have
Eric Staal, I don’t know
I guess I would trade Tyler Bozac for him
no maybe not.
by MasterOfPuppets on Jan 7, 2012 11:37 AM EST reply actions
eric staal
may i accept your staal offer?
slow start, but players tend to regress to their mean
he has 8 points in his last 4 games and is good for 300 shots
by truculence is a virtue on Jan 7, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
those numbers are true what is also true is that thru those 4 games with 8 points he is still a minus-1
he was also pointless in the previous 6 and a minus-4
so what it shows me is the only thing you can count on is minus
I suppose if I were at the bottom of shot totals I would have to rethink it, but I didn’t draft Bozac (pick #440) for SOG
I’ll take his 40 points and plus rating
I have never had Staal on a roster in 9 years of fantasy games he generally goes much higher than I would take him
the +/- is underrated and very difficult to improve when you roster Staal
Staal is surely the better offensive player but playing for the ’Canes balances things out.
at least for me.
by MasterOfPuppets on Jan 7, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t really quibble but I’m hoping Tavares finishes the year a lot higher than #18.
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Who had Weiss over Getzlaf to start the season.
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