Max Pacioretty celebrates his first goal of the game against the New York Islanders on February 9th. He'd go on to score 2 more for the HT. Pacioretty has an amazing 11 goals in his last 13 games.
Kovalchuk Rockets into Top 3; Hartnell into Top 10; and Pacioretty Sizzles
Over the past month, no LW has been hotter than James Neal. He's now surpassed Daniel Sedin as the #1 LW based on YTD numbers, and his trajectory is up whereas Sedin is sort of flat to declining a bit. No knock on Daniel Sedin, but Neal has earned this after sitting in the 2-hole for several months.
This will be the final month for in-season rankings as next month we'll only have a few weeks left in the regular season schedule. We hope these rankings help you negotiate deals ahead of the trade deadline. Remember: If you're not in 1st place any deal that doesn't get done only helps the #1 team stay ahead of the pack.
Left Wing Rankings -->> Top 30
1. 
James Neal, LW/RW (2)
2. 
Daniel Sedin, LW (1)
3. 
Ilya Kovalchuk, LW (9)
4. 
Patrick Sharp, LW/C (3)
5. 
Alex Ovechkin, LW (4)
Note: Left Wings 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. Zach Parise, LW (6)
7. Ryan Kesler, LW/C (5)
8. 
Jamie Benn, LW/C (8)
9. 
Milan Lucic, LW (11)
10. 
Scott Hartnell, LW (14)
11. Patrik Elias, LW/C (12)
12. 
Thomas Vanek, LW (7)
13. 
Taylor Hall, LW (10)
14. 
Joffrey Lupul, LW/RW (16)
15. 
Henrik Zetterberg, LW/C (13)
16. 
Max Pacioretty, LW (27)
17. 
Patrick Marleau, LW (18)
18. Brad Marchand, LW/C (17)
19. 
Rick Nash, LW/RW (15)
20. 
Matt Moulson, LW (25)
21. 
Ray Whitney, LW (28)
22. 
Evander Kane, LW (19)
23. 
Gabriel Landeskog, LW (26)
24. Chris Kunitz, LW (21)
25. Ryane Clowe, LW (20)
26. 
Bobby Ryan, LW (24)
27. 
Jeff Skinner, LW (23)
28. 
David Perron , LW (off)
29. Steve Ott, LW (29)
30. Andrew Ladd, LW (off)
On the bubble: Brenden Morrow, Milan Michalek, Tuomo Ruutu, Clarke MacArthur
**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 also improve one's ability to make player comparisons (by dividing the forwards out somewhat evenly).
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